- Date
- May 3, 2026, 18:20 local (May 4, 2026, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ciudad de México, Mexico · Annex 13 notification
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- XA-VXKAirbus A321
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- DAAIA - AFAC Mexico
- Case key
- 203437
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
- XA-VXK
- Reported as
- Airbus A321 (271NX)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11381
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PW1133GA-JM, geared turbofanPratt & Whitney PW1133GA-JM, geared turbofan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Viva Aerobus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- MMMX · Mexico City Airport, runway 5L, 12,966 × ft, asphalt