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NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A321-271N · Parque Industrial Mazatlán, Mexico · September 12, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
September 12, 2026, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
Place
Parque Industrial Mazatlán, Mexico
Injuries
212 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N542VLAirbus A321-271N
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
204061

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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
N542VL
Reported as
Airbus A321-271N
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Volaris
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee

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