Boeing 737 Plunge: Passengers' Near-Death Experience on Shanghai-Tokyo Flight

Boeing 737 Plunge: Passengers' Near-Death Experience

A Spring Airlines Boeing 737 experienced a terrifying incident during a flight from Shanghai to Tokyo, plummeting nearly 26,000 feet.

Chaos in the Cabin

Passengers reported scenes of chaos as the aircraft rapidly descended. Oxygen masks deployed, and crew members urgently instructed passengers to use them. Some passengers, fearing for their lives, even wrote wills and shared banking information.

Emergency Landing in Osaka

The flight, carrying 191 people, was forced to descend from 36,000 feet to below 10,500 feet in just ten minutes before diverting to Kansai International Airport in Osaka.

A passenger described hearing a "muffled boom" just before the descent.

Aftermath

The airline provided compensation and lodging. An investigation into the incident is underway. Fortunately, all passengers and crew members escaped injury.