- Date
- February 22, 2026, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Maiquetía, Venezuela · departure airport coords
- Injuries
- 101 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- YV2923Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Birdstrike
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202508
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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.
BirdstrikeAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- YV2923
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 (82)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49563
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D, turbo fanPratt & Whitney JT8D, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Laser Airlines
- Registered owner
- Laser Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- TNCC · Curacao, OF
- Airport
- SVMI · Simón Bolívar" International Airport