Privilege B752 near Brindisi on May 5th 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: May 5, 2018 / 21:30:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DE-1679

Departure
Corfu, Greece

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
EC-ISY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

A Privilege Style Boeing 757-200 on behalf of Condor, registration EC-ISY performing flight DE-1679 from Corfu (Greece) to Leipzig (Germany) with 164 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing through FL330 out of Corfu when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft landed safely on Brindisi's (Italy) runway 31 about 17 minutes after stopping the climb at about FL330.

A replacement Privilege Style Boeing 757-200 registration EC-HDS was dispatched to Brindisi and delivered the passengers to Leipzig with a delay of 6:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Brindisi about 14 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DE-1679

Departure
Corfu, Greece

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
EC-ISY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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