No fatalities

BOEING 767-332 accident at Seattle, WA, 1 Sept 2021

Seattle, WA, United States

On September 1, 2021, a BOEING 767-332 operated by DELTA AIR LINES INC was involved in an aviation accident near Seattle, WA. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The flightcrew’s failure to set the hydraulic panel correctly during the execution of the pushback checklist, and when the hydraulic panel setting was corrected, that resulted in the airplane coming to a sudden stop and a flight attendant receiving a serious… This summary draws on records from NTSB; 17 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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BOEING 767-332
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Probable cause

The flightcrew’s failure to set the hydraulic panel correctly during the execution of the pushback checklist, and when the hydraulic panel setting was corrected, that resulted in the airplane coming to a sudden stop and a flight attendant receiving a serious injury.

— NTSB Determination

Contributing factors

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