Aeromexico B789 near Lima on Mar 23rd 2019, problem with cockpit oxygen

Last Update: March 24, 2019 / 21:00:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeromexico

Flight number
AM-30

Departure
Mexico City, Mexico

Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina

Aircraft Registration
N438AM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

An Aeromexico Boeing 787-9, registration N438AM performing flight AM-30 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) with 260 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 80nm south of Lima (Peru) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Lima due to a problem with the crew oxygen supply in the cockpit. The aircraft performed a normal descent and landed safely in Lima about 22 minutes after leaving FL390.

Passengers are tweeting that they were kept on board for about 2 hours, then 3 hours at the airport before they were taken to hotels, however, they have been left without any information. One passenger wanted to purchase a ticket on another airline to continue to Buenos Aires but wasn't able to fetch the luggage from Aeromexico.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Lima for 22 hours, then continued the journey to Buenos Aires as flight AM-8746 and is estimated to reach the destination with a delay of 23 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeromexico

Flight number
AM-30

Departure
Mexico City, Mexico

Destination
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina

Aircraft Registration
N438AM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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