- Date
- July 12, 2023, 18:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Injuries
- 453 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- G-XLEHAirbus A380
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 192915
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Fire/smoke (non-impact)All aircraft: 504 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-XLEH
- Reported as
- Airbus A380
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- British Airways PLC
- Registered owner
- British Airways PLC
- Destination
- EGLL · London