British Airways A321 near London on Aug 25th 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: August 25, 2018 / 20:42:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-573

Aircraft Registration
G-EUXE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A British Airways Airbus A321-200, registration G-EUXE performing flight BA-573 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was descending through about FL250 towards London when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft levelled off at FL100 and continued to Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27R about 20 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-573

Aircraft Registration
G-EUXE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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