Baltic DH8D near Riga on Feb 18th 2020, cabin pressure problem
Last Update: February 20, 2020 / 21:28:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 18, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-305
Departure
Riga, Latvia
Destination
Helsinki, Finland
Aircraft Registration
YL-BAH
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
The airline reported an insufficient pressure indication as cause for the return.
A replacement Dash 8-400 registration YL-BAH reached Helsinki with a delay of 2:40 hours.
The occurrence aircraft performed a test flight about 47 hours and returned to service about 50.5 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 18, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-305
Departure
Riga, Latvia
Destination
Helsinki, Finland
Aircraft Registration
YL-BAH
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
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