Germania A319 near Muenster on May 4th 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: May 5, 2018 / 16:39:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-4212

Aircraft Registration
D-ASTU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germania Airbus A319-100, registration D-ASTU performing flight ST-4212 from Muenster (Germany) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 129 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL280 out of Muenster when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL080 due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft levelled off at FL080 about 7 minutes later, performed a low approach to Dusseldorf's (Germany) runway 05R and positioned for a landing on Muenster's runway 07 about 62 minutes after initiating the emergency descent and about 20 minutes after the low approach to Dusseldorf.

The airline reported a technical problem with the cabin pressure controller. The aircraft was repaired over night and delivered the passengers to their destination the following morning. The passengers were offered hotel accomodation over night.

The occurrence aircraft reached Palma Mallorca the following day with a delay of 13 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-4212

Aircraft Registration
D-ASTU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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