DCA26WA371

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 787 · Pacific Ocean, Vietnam · September 17, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
September 17, 2026, 15:30 local (15:30 UTC)
Place
Pacific Ocean, Vietnam
Injuries
347 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
VH-VKHBoeing 787
Defining event
Enroute-climb to cruise: Turbulence encounter
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203924

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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-climb to cruiseAll aircraft: 423 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
VH-VKH
Reported as
Boeing 787 (8)
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Jetstar Airways