Boeing 767 accident near Liège, Outside the U.S., October 24, 2025
On October 24, 2025 at about 11:00 am local time, a Boeing 767, registered N4XIAJ, was substantially damaged in an accident during standing (engine(s) operating) near Liège, Outside the U.S. (Liège Airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. 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 accident. 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
- October 24, 2025 · about 11:00 am local time
- Place
- Liège, Belgium · Liège Airport
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767 300 · all 767s on the register
- Registration
- N4XIAJ · no longer on the register · serial 28207
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Flight control sys malf/fail during standing (engine(s) operating) defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: Challenge Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: EBLG Liège OF
- Destination: LLBG Lod OF
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.