Jin B772 at Okinawa on Oct 7th 2025, engine failure

Last Update: October 8, 2025 / 15:37:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jin Air

Flight number
LJ-342

Aircraft Registration
HL7743

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Jin Air Boeing 777-200, registration HL7743 performing flight LJ-342 from Okinawa (Japan) to Seoul (South Korea) with 405 people on board, was climbing out of Okinawa's runway 36R when the crew stopped the climb at about 18000 feet due to the failure of the left hand engine (PW4090) and shut the left engine down. The aircraft returned to Okinawa for a safe landing on runway 36R about 30 minutes after departure.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the occurrence.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration HL8012 reached Seoul with a delay of about 12 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Okinawa about 34 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jin Air

Flight number
LJ-342

Aircraft Registration
HL7743

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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