DCA26WA349

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747 · Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · September 3, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
September 3, 2026, 16:16 local (12:16 UTC)
Place
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
ER-BYKBoeing 747
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
UAE AAIS, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration
Case key
203742

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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
ER-BYK
Reported as
Boeing 747 (444)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Terra Avia
Registered owner
Terra Avia
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
DMM · Dammam, OF
Destination
HKG · Hong Kong, OF