Boeing 757 D-ALER accident near Brussels, Belgium, January 16, 2025
Boeing 757, registration D-ALER, operated by DHL Air, was involved in an incident near Brussels, Belgium on January 16, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case DCA25WA098 is n/a.
ADS-B receivers recorded 87 minutes of the flight after departing the Melsbroek area (EBMB), reaching a maximum of 0 ft. The last recorded position was at 02:09 UTC, on the ground, about 2 km from Melsbroek (EBMB).
The nearest weather report, from EBBR (4 km away), showed wind 130° at 2 knots, visibility 0.09 miles, ceiling 100 ft, weather: FG (LIFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 757 2Q8PCF registered in Germany (Mode S 3C70B2).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- January 16, 2025
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757
- Registration
- D-ALER
- Operator
- DHL Air
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- DCA25WA098 (N/A)
- Departure area
- Melsbroek (EBMB)
- Nearest airport
- Melsbroek (EBMB)
- Recorded flight
- 87 min, max 0 ft
- Last recorded position
- 02:09 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA25WA098; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.