Blue B738 near Bratislava on Oct 31st 2018, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 31, 2018 / 23:08:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 31, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-3755

Departure
Cluj, Romania

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
YR-BMP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Blue Air Boeing 737-800, registration YR-BMP performing flight 0B-3755 from Cluj (Romania) to Dublin (Ireland), was enroute at FL360 about 130nm east of Bratislava (Slovakia) in Hungarian Airspace when the crew received indication of the loss of cabin pressure and initiated an emergency descent, the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft diverted to Bratislava for a safe landing 40 minutes after leaving FL360.

The airline reported a sensor activated indicating the possible loss of cabin pressure. The crew reacted according to standard operating procedures, released the passenger oxygen masks.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration YR-BMM reached Dublin with a delay of 5:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 31, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-3755

Departure
Cluj, Romania

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
YR-BMP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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