Overview
- Flight ET640, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, experienced a cabin depressurisation while cruising at 33,000 feet over the Arabian Sea.
- Pilots executed a rapid descent and carried out an emergency landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 1:42 am local time on June 28.
- Seven passengers were treated for decompression-related symptoms by airport medical teams and one was hospitalised.
- FlightRadar24 data confirmed that a depressurisation warning triggered a sudden drop in altitude.
- The DGCA has launched an investigation, prompting airlines to conduct extensive Dreamliner inspections in response to a series of recent in-flight emergencies.