DHL B752 near Bucharest on Oct 25th 2012, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 26, 2012 / 15:03:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
DHL Air

Departure
Bucharest, Romania

Destination
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-BIKM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

A DHL Air Boeing 757-200, registration G-BIKM performing freight flight QY-5706 from Bucharest (Romania) to Venice (Italy), had just reached cruise flight level 380 when the crew reported a technical problem and requested to descend to FL280, a minute later the crew, audibly having donned their oxygen masks, reported they had a depressurization problem and requested to descend to FL120. The flight was subsequently cleared to FL150 and reached that level 6 minutes after leaving FL380 (average rate of descent 3800 fpm). The crew decided to continue the flight to Italy at FL150 but about 50nm eastsoutheast of Venice changed course to divert to Milan Bergamo, where the aircraft landed safely about 2 hours after leaving FL380.

The aircraft is still on the ground at Bergamo Airport about 20 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
DHL Air

Departure
Bucharest, Romania

Destination
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-BIKM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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