Argentinas A332 near Buenos Aires on Oct 26th 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 29, 2018 / 22:10:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AR-1300

Aircraft Registration
LV-GKO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A330-200, registration LV-GKO performing flight AR-1300 from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing through FL320 when the crew received indication that the cabin climbed at a high rate and initiated an emergency descent, the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft levelled off at 6000 feet MSL about 7 minutes later, burned off fuel and landed safely back in Buenos Aires about one hour after leaving FL320.

A replacement A330-200 registration LV-FVI reached New York with a delay of 6.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Buenos Aires about 65 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AR-1300

Aircraft Registration
LV-GKO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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