DCA26WA328

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 737 · Higashiizu, Japan · July 21, 2026

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 21, 2026, 18:53 local (09:53 UTC)
Place
Higashiizu, Japan
Injuries
1 serious, 131 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
JA335JBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203671

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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
JA335J
Reported as
Boeing 737 (800)
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Japan Airlines
Registered owner
Japan Airlines