Sundair A320 near Prague on Feb 20th 2020, cabin pressure problem

Last Update: February 20, 2020 / 20:49:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 20, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sundair

Flight number
SR-6440

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ASGK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Sundair Airbus A320-200, registration D-ASGK performing flight SR-6440 from Berlin Tegel (Germany) to Hurghada (Egypt), was climbing through about FL260 (cleared to climb to FL300) about 40nm north of Prague (Czech Republic) when the crew initiated a descent to FL160 initially, then further to FL100 due to problems with the cabin pressure. The aircraft burned off fuel at FL060 and landed safely back in Tegel about 3 hours after departure.

A replacement A319-100 registration D-ASMF reached Hurghada with a delay of 8 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tegel about 7 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 20, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sundair

Flight number
SR-6440

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ASGK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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