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| Date: | Thursday 26 June 2025 |
| Time: | c. 19:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AXS |
| MSN: | 65089/987 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 311 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | over Arabian Sea -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
| Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ethiopian flight ET640, a Boeing 787-9, suffered a loss of cabin pressure while en route over the Arabian Sea.
An emergency descent was initiated to FL100. The flight continued to the destination, Mumbai.
One passenger was reportedly taken to hospital.
Sources:
https://avherald.com/h?article=529987ac&opt=4096
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ethiopian-airlines-b787-dreamliner-suffers-mid-air-depressurisation-7-fall-ill-on-mumbai-bound-flight-1-hospitalised-after-emergency-landing-at-csmia/articleshow/122124140.cms
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/et640#3afbcba8
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11722911 (Photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2025 20:02 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 27-Jun-2025 20:03 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 28-Jun-2025 05:53 | ASN | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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