JAL A359 near Sapporo on Sep 4th 2025, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: September 5, 2025 / 15:43:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JL-500

Aircraft Registration
JA07XJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A JAL Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration JA07XJ performing flight JL-500 from Sapporo Chitose to Tokyo Haneda (Japan) with 285 people on board, was enroute at FL320 about 150nm south of Sapporo when the crew decided to return to Sapporo. After maintaining FL320 for about 5 more minutes the crew began to descent towards Sapporo, shut the left hand engine (Trent XWB) down and landed safely on Sapporo's runway 01R about 55 minutes after departure. Fluid was observed leaking from the left hand engine, the runway was closed for about 40 minutes as result.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the crew declared emergency reporting trouble with their left hand engine. The aircraft landed back with only the right hand engine operating.

The airport reported the runway was closed for about 40 minutes.

The flight was cancelled.

The aircraft returned to service about 24 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JL-500

Aircraft Registration
JA07XJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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