DCA25WA098

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 757 · Brussels, Belgium · January 16, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
January 16, 2025, 00:42 local (00:42 UTC)
Place
Brussels, Belgium
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
D-ALERBoeing 757
Defining event
Takeoff: Wrong surface or wrong airport
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
199602

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
D-ALER
Reported as
Boeing 757
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
EAT Leipzig