DCA25WA287

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Gauteng, South Africa · August 2, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 2, 2025, 08:27 local (06:27 UTC)
Place
Gauteng, South Africa · departure and return airport coords
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
ZS-ZWOBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
200743

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
ZS-ZWO
Reported as
Boeing 737 (800)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28373
Engines
CFM International CFM56-7B27, turbo fanCFM International CFM56-7B27, turbo fan
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Safair Operations Pty Ltd
Registered owner
Safair Operations Pty Ltd
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
FAOR · Gauteng, OF
Destination
HTZA · Zanzibar, OF