Rossiya A320 at St. Petersburg on Jan 16th 2020, cabin did not properly pressurize
Last Update: February 8, 2020 / 23:59:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 16, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Rossiya
Flight number
SU-6344
Departure
St. Petersburg, Russia
Destination
Murmansk, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VP-BZR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft performed the return flight at FL100 all the way back.
On Feb 8th 2020 Rosaviatsia reported the cabin did not properly pressurize due to significant damage to the aft cargo door seal, which caused the air conditioning system to be unable to maintain needed cabin pressure due to air rushing out through the seal. The materials in the seal were naturally aging weakening the seal. Rossiya were instructed to perform a one time inspection of their luggage and cargo compartment door seals throughout the entire fleet, the airworthiness department was instructed to assess the reliability of the door seals of the A320s.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in St. Petersburg for about 50 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 16, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Rossiya
Flight number
SU-6344
Departure
St. Petersburg, Russia
Destination
Murmansk, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VP-BZR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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