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The Boeing Company BOEING 737-8AS incident near Stanstead, Gb, September 18, 2014

On September 18, 2014 at about 7:52 pm local time, a The Boeing Company BOEING 737-8AS, registered EIEFB, was involved in an incident during enroute (cruise) near Stanstead. 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, 2014 · about 7:52 pm local time
Place
Stanstead, United Kingdom
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
The Boeing Company BOEING 737-8AS 8AS
Registration
EIEFB · no longer on the register · serial 37532
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight

The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-8AS airplane that occurred on September 18, 2014. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the AAIB-UK.

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

  1. Fire/smoke (non-impact) during enroute (cruise) defining event

The aircraft

  • Maximum gross weight: 147,687 lb
  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Engine 1: 5023581 CFM56-7B; 0 hours total
  • Engine 2: 5023581 CFM56-7B; 0 hours total

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

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Other NTSB records under EIEFB the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time

2014-07-29DCA14WA135 · accident near London · no injuries

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.