Tailwind B734 near Hamburg on Oct 9th 2012, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 9, 2012 / 16:40:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TI-364

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-TLC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

A Tailwind Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration TC-TLC performing flight TI-364 from Hamburg (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey), was enroute at FL330 about 170nm southeast of Hamburg and about 40nm south of Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure, descending through FL120 about 6 minutes later (averate rate of descent 3500 fpm), levelled off at FL090 about 9 minutes after leaving FL330 and returned to Hamburg. After entering a hold at FL070 to burn off fuel the aircraft landed safely on runway 33 about 80 minutes after leaving FL330.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TI-364

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-TLC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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