World Atlantic Airlines

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: World Atlantic Airlines, World Atlantic Leasing Llc

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2025-08-23 Operator named in NTSB report
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83 (N805WA) Serious injury Part 121

Operated by World Atlantic Airlines (per NTSB report)

An encounter with convective turbulence during descent that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.

Source: NTSB case DCA25LA312
Incident · 2024-06-02 Operator named in NTSB report
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83 (N802WA) Part 121

Operated by World Atlantic Airlines (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA24WA282
Incident · 2018-07-11 Operator named in NTSB report
Douglas DC9 (N802WA) No injuries Part 121

Operated by World Atlantic Leasing Llc (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA18WA247

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N802WAMCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 831990Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N805WAMCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 831996Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.

1 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.

  • N802WA (MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83) — records 2018–2024 · registered to CARIBBEAN SUN AIRLINES INC DBA (owner ≠ operator)