DCA26WA241

NTSB occurrence investigation · Boeing 787-9 · Singapore, Singapore · June 21, 2026

Occurrence · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
June 21, 2026, 10:56 local (10:56 UTC)
Place
Singapore, Singapore
Injuries
271 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N27997Boeing 787-9
Defining event
Enroute-holding (IFR): Fuel related
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203212

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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
N27997
Reported as
Boeing 787-9
Flight
Part 121
Operator
United Airlines Inc
Registered owner
United Airlines Inc

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.