DCA26WA158

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Cologne, Germany · February 18, 2026

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 18, 2026, 13:29 local (13:29 UTC)
Place
Cologne, Germany
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
EI-DWTBoeing 737
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202659

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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
EI-DWT
Reported as
Boeing 737 (8AS)
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Ryanair
Registered owner
Ryanair