Frontier A20N enroute on Feb 23rd 2020, passenger oxygen masks dropped in flight

Last Update: February 26, 2020 / 17:13:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 23, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Frontier Airlines

Flight number
F9-418

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Atlanta, United States

Aircraft Registration
N323FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration N323FR performing flight F9-418 from Denver,CO to Atlanta,GA (USA), was enroute at FL370 less than one hour into the flight when the passenger oxygen masks dropped as result of a malfunction, no loss of cabin pressure occurred. The crew maintained flight FL370 and continued the flight to Atlanta where the aircraft landed without further incident about 2.5 hours after departure.

Passengers reported the oxygen masks malfunctioned and dropped about 1/3 into the flight. The flight continued to Atlanta with the masks down.

On Feb 26th 2020 the FAA reported they are aware of the incident (as described above) and are investigating.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Atlanta for about 11 hours, then positioned to Tampa,FL (USA) and is still on the ground in Tampa about 66 hours after landing in Tampa.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Date of Registration
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A20N
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 23, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Frontier Airlines

Flight number
F9-418

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Atlanta, United States

Aircraft Registration
N323FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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