Virgin Atlantic A346 at Atlanta on Feb 16th 2019, pressurization issue

Last Update: February 17, 2019 / 21:13:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-104

Aircraft Registration
G-VFIT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600, registration G-VFIT performing flight VS-104 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Atlanta's runway 27R when upon contacting departure the crew requested to level off at 4000 feet advising they had a pressurization issue. The aircraft entered a hold and returned to Atlanta for a safe landing on runway 27R about 80 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed again and reached London with a delay of 3:10 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-104

Aircraft Registration
G-VFIT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

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