Anadolujet B738 near Ankara on Nov 26th 2017, cabin pressure problem

Last Update: November 28, 2017 / 23:33:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 26, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Anadolujet

Flight number
TK-7237

Aircraft Registration
TC-SBP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Anadolujet Boeing 737-800 on behalf of THY Turkish Airlines, registration TC-SBP performing flight TK-7237 from Samsun to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey), was enroute at FL300 about 30nm north of Ankara (Turkey) when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to problems with the cabin pressure. THe aircraft levelled off at FL100 and continued to Istanbul for a safe landing about 35 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 16 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 26, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Anadolujet

Flight number
TK-7237

Aircraft Registration
TC-SBP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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