BA Cityflyer E170 near Southend on Jul 27th 2019, bleed air and air conditioning problem

Last Update: July 27, 2019 / 21:47:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-4450

Aircraft Registration
G-LCYG

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

A British Airways Cityflyer Embraer ERJ-170, registration G-LCYG performing flight BA-4450 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to London City,EN (UK), was enroute at FL170 about 80nm eastnortheast of Southend,EN (UK) when the crew initiated a rapid descent to FL090 due to problems with bleed air and air conditioning. The aircraft diverted to Southend for a safe landing on runway 23 about 30 minutes later.

A passenger reported the captain indicated a bleed air and air conditioning problem, they entered a hold over the North Sea before landing into Southend. On approach to Southend the aircraft received a bird strike in addition. The passengers were bussed to London City Airport.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Southend about 13 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-4450

Aircraft Registration
G-LCYG

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

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