Mandarin AT72 near Hualien on May 2nd 2019, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: May 2, 2019 / 17:51:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AE-7931

Destination
Hualien, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-16851

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Mandarin Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration B-16851 performing flight AE-7931 from Kaohsiung to Hualien (Taiwan) with 48 passengers and 7 crew, was descending towards Hualien when the cabin altitude increased prompting the crew to don their oxygen masks and initiate an emergency descent to 5000 feet and continued to Hualien for a safe landing about 25 minutes later.

The return flight AE-7932 was cancelled.

Taiwan's ASC opened an investigation into the occurrence.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Hualien about 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AE-7931

Destination
Hualien, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-16851

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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