- Date
- July 30, 2012, 09:20 local (09:20 UTC)
- Place
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Injuries
- 145 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZS-SJBBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84546
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On July 30, 2012, at approximately 0920 UTC, a Boeing 737-800, registration ZS-SJB, s/n 29249, operated by South African Airways, experienced a sudden decompression approximately one hour after takeoff. The cabin oxygen masks deployed from the overhead panels and the flight crew descended to FL100 after declaring an emergency. The flight continued to Johannesburg, South Africa, where it landed safely at 1049Z. None of the occupants onboard the aircraft were reported injured, and the aircraft sustained no damage. The investigation is being conducted by the South African Civil Aviation Authority. The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture of the aircraft to assist the South Africa CAA's investigation. All inquiries should be directed to: South African Civil Aviation Authority Accident Incident Investigation Division Ikhaya Lokundiza Building 16 Treur Close Waterfall Park Bekker Street Midrand www.caa.co.za
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-SJB
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- South African Airways Pty Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal