Spring Japan B738 near Osaka on Jun 30th 2025, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: July 2, 2025 / 16:11:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 30, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IJ-4

Aircraft Registration
JA06GR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Spring Airlines Japan Boeing 737-800, registration JA06GR performing flight IJ-4/JL-8696 from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), had been enroute at FL370 and was step climbing to FL390 near Osaka (Japan) when the crew initiated an emergency descent from about FL386 due to the loss of cabin pressure, passenger oxygen masks deployed. The aircraft diverted to Osaka Kansai (Japan) for a safe landing on runway 24L about 55 minutes later.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported a pressurization system failure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 30, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IJ-4

Aircraft Registration
JA06GR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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