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B767 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence on descent into EGLL that resulted in an inflight upset. Crew regained control and landed safely.

Date: 2026-01 · Aircraft: B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: descent

Anomalies: Deviation altitude excursion from assigned altitudeDeviation discrepancy procedural published material policyDeviation discrepancy procedural clearanceInflight event encounter loss of aircraft controlInflight event encounter wake vortex encounter

Synopsis

B767 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence on descent into EGLL that resulted in an inflight upset. Crew regained control and landed safely.

Narrative

Upon leaving the hold at Bovingdon; we hit some significant wake turbulence. I don't believe we changed altitude by more than 100 ft. I'm not sure how much bank angle we ended up at or our heading change. We did get a GPS 'bank angle' alert. The flying FO made the recovery. No injuries reported.

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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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