# NTSB DCA26WA268: Boeing 737, Catania, Italy, June 30, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 30, 2026, 10:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Catania, Italy · Destination coords
- Coordinates: 37.466667, 15.063889 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4667&lon=15.0639&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: GE Aerospace, Boeing, ANSV
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA268

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-DRTR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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=

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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