United B789 near Wabush on Oct 7th 2019, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 25, 2019 / 20:29:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-968

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aircraft Registration
N35953

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N35953 performing flight UA-968 (dep Oct 6th) from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 217 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 10nm west of Wabush,NL (Canada) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Bangor,ME (USA) about 490nm south of their location and landed safely about 2:10 hours after leaving FL390.

The Canadian TSB reported the crew noticed the cabin pressure was decreasing, the right hand DC bus had failed along with the right hand air conditioning system. Subsequently the left hand pack failed, too. The crew declared emergency, descended and diverted to Bangor.
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-968

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aircraft Registration
N35953

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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