Transat B738 near Pittsburgh on Jan 31st 2019, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: February 1, 2019 / 21:02:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 31, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TS-703

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GTQX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Transat Boeing 737-800, registration C-GTQX performing flight TS-703 from Roatan (Honduras) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 161 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 50nm southeast of Pittsburgh,PA (USA) when a problem with the pressurization occurred prompting the crew to don their oxygen masks and initiate an emergency descent to 10,000 feet. While at 10,000 feet the crew regained control of the cabin pressure, cancelled the emergency and continued to Toronto at 10,000 feet for a safe landing about 55 minutes after leaving FL350.

The Canadian TSB reported there were no injuries, the operator's maintenance is troubleshooting the problem.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 31, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TS-703

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GTQX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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