RwandAir B737 near Cape Town on Sep 2nd 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: September 3, 2018 / 22:04:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
RwandAir

Flight number
WB-110

Aircraft Registration
9XR-WJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A RwandAir Boeing 737-700, registration 9XR-WJ performing flight WB-110 from Harare (Zimbabwe) to Cape Town (South Africa), was enroute at FL380 about 210nm northnortheast of Cape Town when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The crew stopped the descent at FL180 after regaining control of the cabin pressure and continued to Cape Town for a safe landing about 45 minutes after leaving FL380.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Cape Town for about 4.5 hours, then departed for the return flight WB-111 to Kigali (Rwanda) skipping the intermediate stop at Harare and climbing to maximum cruise level 250. The aircraft landed in Kigali with a delay of about 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
RwandAir

Flight number
WB-110

Aircraft Registration
9XR-WJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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