Boeing Company BOEING 777-236 incident near Shannon, Ie, December 2, 2012
On December 2, 2012 at about 3:25 am local time, a Boeing Company BOEING 777-236, registered GVIIK, suffered minor damage in an incident during enroute (cruise) near Shannon. It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 2, 2012 · about 3:25 am local time
- Place
- Shannon, Ireland
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing Company BOEING 777-236 236
- Registration
- GVIIK · no longer on the register · serial 28840
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
The Air Accident Investigations Unit of Ireland has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 777 that occurred on December 02, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU-I investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the government of Ireland.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) during enroute (cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Maximum gross weight: 589,998 lb
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: General Electric CO GE90-85B (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: General Electric CO GE90-85B (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: KPHL Philadelphia PA
- Destination: EGLL London
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under GVIIK the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.