Boeing 787 - 8QQ incident near Warsaw, Pl, September 18, 2013
On September 18, 2013, a 2012 Boeing 787 - 8QQ, registered SPLRB, was involved in an incident during enroute (cruise) near Warsaw (Warsaw airport). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 18, 2013
- Place
- Warsaw, Poland · Warsaw
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 787 - 8QQ 8QQ, built 2012 · all 787 - 8QQs on the register
- Registration
- SPLRB · no longer on the register · serial 37894
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On September 18, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRB, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 100-67B turbofan engines experienced a maintenance status message “ENG FUEL FULTER R” during cruise from Beijing Capital International Airport (ZBAA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (EPWA). After arrival, maintenance found that the engine fuel filter in the No. 2 engine (right) had not been installed. Examination of the left engine for that same airplane also revealed that there was no fuel filter installed. On September 19, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRC was also inspected and no fuel filters were installed. The Polish State Commission of the Aircraft Accident Investigation is investigating these maintenance errors and has delegated part of the investigation to the NTSB as the United States is the State of Manufacture for the airplane and country of occurrence for the last engine maintenance facility.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Aircraft maintenance event during unknown
- Miscellaneous/other during enroute (cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 252
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-67 (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Operator: Lot Polish Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: ZBAA Beijing
- Destination: EPWA Warsaw
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.