Austrian A320 near Vienna on Nov 5th 2017, cabin pressure problems

Last Update: November 6, 2017 / 23:28:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cabin pressure problems

Airline
Austrian Airlines

Flight number
OS-535

Departure
Vienna, Austria

Destination
Bologna, Italy

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LBK performing flight OS-535 from Vienna (Austria) to Bologna (Italy), was climbing through FL240 out of Vienna's runway 29 when the crew initiated a rapid descent to FL100 due to problems with the cabin pressure and returned to Vienna for a safe landing on runway 16 about 40 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported the crew indicated the aircraft had been dispatched with one bleed air inoperative, during the climb the second bleed air system failed, too.

The flight was cancelled, the next morning's flight was upgraded from a Dash 8 to an Airbus A320 and took the passengers to Bologna with a delay of 13 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 10 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cabin pressure problems

Airline
Austrian Airlines

Flight number
OS-535

Departure
Vienna, Austria

Destination
Bologna, Italy

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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