DCA26WA268

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 737 · Catania, Italy · June 30, 2026

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
June 30, 2026, 10:00 local (08:00 UTC)
Place
Catania, Italy · Destination coords
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
G-DRTRBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
GE Aerospace, Boeing, ANSV
Case key
203347

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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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.

Turbulence encounterEnroute-descentAll aircraft: 423 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
G-DRTR
Reported as
Boeing 737 (86N)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
35209
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Jet2.com Ltd
Registered owner
Jet2.com Ltd
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
EGCC · Manchester, OF
Destination
Same as departure

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
80° at 6 knots
Temperature
88 °F, dew point 75 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
LICC
METAR
METAR LICC 300750Z 08006KT 030V140 CAVOK 31/24 Q1016=