- Date
- August 14, 2026, 13:35 local (11:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lubumbashi, Congo - Kinshasa
- Injuries
- 306 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- 9S-ABSAirbus A330
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 203683
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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.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- 9S-ABS
- Reported as
- Airbus A330 (302)
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Compagnie Africaine Aviation