Nordwind B763 near Barcelona on Jul 18th 2012, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: July 25, 2012 / 22:21:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 18, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Nordwind Airlines
Flight number
NWS-4402
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BRA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration VQ-BPT reached Moscow with a delay of 13.5 hours.
A passenger reported the passenger oxygen masks were released.
Rosaviatsia reported the aircraft experienced a critical cabin pressure drop resulting in oxygen masks being released and the oxygen generators activated. The crew received fault indications for automatic cabin pressure control followed by fault of manual cabin pressure control of the right hand air conditioning system and cabin altitude indications. The aircraft had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the left hand air conditioning system inoperative. The loss of cabin pressure was caused by a faulty valve controlling the inlet pressure of the right hand air conditioning system.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 18, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Nordwind Airlines
Flight number
NWS-4402
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BRA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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