UTAir B735 near Moscow on Jun 4th 2019, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: June 4, 2019 / 22:29:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-705

Aircraft Registration
VP-BXR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

A UTAir Boeing 737-500, registration VP-BXR performing flight UT-705 from Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) to Berlin Tegel (Germany) with 101 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 230nm west of Moscow when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks deployed. The aircraft turned around and returned to Vnukovo for a safe landing about 100 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-500 registration VP-BYM reached Berlin with a delay of 5:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 12 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-705

Aircraft Registration
VP-BXR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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