British Airways A320 near London on Sep 22nd 2023, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: September 23, 2023 / 19:44:18 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 22, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-508
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Faro, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the seat belt signs came on and the aircraft descended rapidly to 10,000 feet, the crew announced a problem with the air conditioning system (the passenger did not mention oxygen masks coming down).
According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft, that departed with a delay of about 1 hour, was dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the left engine's (V2527) bleed air system inoperative, then suffered the failure of the right hand bleed air system, too.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in London about 25 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 22, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-508
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Faro, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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