DCA26WA078

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 787 · Chiba, Japan · December 22, 2025

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
December 22, 2025, 13:27 local (13:27 UTC)
Place
Chiba, Japan
Injuries
1 serious, 197 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
JA865JBoeing 787
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202205

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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
JA865J
Reported as
Boeing 787 (9)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
38138
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Japan Airlines
Registered owner
Japan Airlines