DCA25WA318

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 787 · Frankfurt, Germany · August 27, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 27, 2025, 17:53 local (17:53 UTC)
Place
Frankfurt, Germany
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
VT-TSDBoeing 787
Defining event
Approach: Altitude deviation
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Boeing, BFU, FAA
Case key
200945

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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
VT-TSD
Reported as
Boeing 787 (9)
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Air India
Registered owner
Air India
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Airport
EDDF · Frankfurt International Airport