Baltic DH8D near Riga on Jun 3rd 2019, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: June 3, 2019 / 21:25:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 3, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-105

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BAJ

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

An Air Baltic de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration YL-BAJ performing flight BT-105 from Riga (Latvia) to Stockholm (Sweden), was enroute at FL240 about 80nm northwest of Riga when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to the loss of cabin pressure and returned to Riga for a safe landing about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement Dash 8-400 registration YL-BAX reached Stockholm with a delay of 4:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 5 hours after landing.

The airline confirmed a loss of cabin pressure prompted the return to Riga.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 3, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-105

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BAJ

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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