- Date
- October 11, 2026, 21:00 local (Oct 12, 2026, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 321 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- G-VIITBoeing 777
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Clear air turbulence encounter
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 204039
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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.
Clear air turbulence encounterAll aircraft: 24 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-VIIT
- Reported as
- Boeing 777
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- British Airways
- Registered owner
- British Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- London
- Destination
- Tampa, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Weather
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KORL, 2 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KORL 112253Z 29003KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02610194