India A319 near Udaipur on Jun 16th 2018, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: June 18, 2018 / 21:44:27 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 16, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-498
Departure
Rajkot, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SCJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 10 hours, then continued the flight climbing to a maximum of FL290 and reached Delhi with a delay of 10.5 hours.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Delhi for another 10 hours before returning to service.
The airline reported a rubber seal of the cargo compartment began to leak, the crew received a warning about decreasing cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks did not need to be released however. The occurrence is being investigated internally.
India's DGCA is looking into the occurrence too stating that loaders might inadvertently and unintentionally cut into the cargo door rubber seals while loading/unloading cargo, which could cause the seal leaking at higher altitudes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 16, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-498
Departure
Rajkot, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SCJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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