Airbus A330 incident near Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tc, May 28, 2006
On May 28, 2006, a Airbus A330, registered A6EAB, suffered minor damage in an incident near Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Dubai International Airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 221 people were on board or involved.
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
- May 28, 2006
- Place
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Turks and Caicos Islands · Dubai International Airport
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 221 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Airbus A330 243 · all A330s on the register
- Registration
- A6EAB · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
The flight
- Departed from: DBX Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Destination: VIE Vienna, Austria
- Flight plan: not recorded
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 12 | |||
| Passengers | 209 |
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.
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.