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Airbus A330-941 and Boeing 777 accident near Paris, Fr, August 30, 2023

On August 30, 2023 at about 1:30 pm local time, 2 aircraft, Airbus A330-941 (N411DX) and Boeing 777 (FGSQT), were involved in the same accident near Paris. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.

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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
August 30, 2023 · about 1:30 pm local time
Place
Paris, Fr
Type
Accident · collision on the ground
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft 1
Airbus A330-941, built 2021 · all A330-941s on the register
Registration
N411DX · registry record · serial 1991
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Flight · foreign airline rules (Part 129)
Aircraft 2
Boeing 777 300 · all 777s on the register
Registration
FGSQT · no longer on the register
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules

The factual record for the Airbus A330-941 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

What happened, in order

  1. Ground collision during taxi defining event

The aircraft

  • Seats: 442
  • Landing gear: fixed

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

The factual record for the Boeing 777 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

About this page

Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA23WA431.