Airplane plunges at an altitude of 10,000m...Passengers' wills and bank passwords are sent to their families
Jul 03, 2025
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Japan Spring Airlines flight JL8696 bound for Narita from Shanghai made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport at around 8:50 p.m. on the 30th of last month, according to the Chinese media Dilipa newspaper.
The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 36,000 feet (about 11,000 meters) with about 191 passengers and crew members on board, but it plunged to 10,500 feet (about 3,200 meters) in about 10 minutes with an abnormal warning sound from the cabin pressure system.
An in-flight pressurization system is a device that maintains constant air pressure inside the cabin when an aircraft flies at a high altitude.
In-flight videos released on social media and media showed passengers struggling with oxygen masks. Some have fainted in fear, and some have sent suicide notes, insurance information and bank passwords to their families, believing they will not survive.
One passenger recalled the time, "The flight attendant cried and shouted, 'There's something wrong with the gas, put on the mask.'"
Another passenger commented "I was asleep, but suddenly the oxygen mask came down"I thought life would end at that moment."."
In response, the captain declared a state of emergency and chose to make an emergency landing at Osaka Kansai Airport.
The landing time was around 8:50 p.m., about two hours after the mask fell.
Fortunately, there were no deaths or serious injuries, and the airline reportedly provided about $104 (about 140,000 won) in traffic compensation and overnight accommodation costs to all passengers.
Currently, Japanese authorities are investigating the exact cause of the accident.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
