China Airlines A333 enroute on Aug 24th 2012, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: September 12, 2012 / 16:44:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 24, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-947
Departure
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-18353
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the aircraft had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements due to the right hand engine's high pressure bleed air valve not opening. The passenger oxygen masks were not deployed, according to the pilots the cabin altitude reached a maximum of 13,000 feet.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 24, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-947
Departure
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-18353
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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