- Date
- January 27, 2026, 14:28 UTC
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · Location of wheel near runway 1R
- Injuries
- 342 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- G-XWBNAirbus A350
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- LAS Airport Ops, UK AAIB
- Case key
- 202354
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-XWBN
- Reported as
- Airbus A350 (1041)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 609
- Engines
- Rolls Royce XWB-97, turbo fanRolls Royce XWB-97, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- British Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- LAS · Harry Reid Intl, runway 08L/26R, 14,835 × 150 ft, concrete
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.36 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAS
- METAR
- METAR KLAS 271356Z 25003KT 10SM FEW250 03/M11 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP285 T00331111