DCA26WA337

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · El Prat de Llobregat, Spain · August 13, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 13, 2026, 16:40 local (14:40 UTC)
Place
El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
Injuries
190 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
9H-QEPBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203686

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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
9H-QEP
Reported as
Boeing 737 (8AS)
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Malta Air
Registered owner
Ryanair