Estelar B733 near Puerto Ayacucho on Mar 18th 2020, cabin pressure problems or low on fuel
Last Update: March 19, 2020 / 18:36:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
Estelar Latinoamerica
Flight number
ES-8568
Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Destination
Caracas, Venezuela
Aircraft Registration
YV642T
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
Due to the Corona Pandemic Venezuela had stopped all traffic into and out of the country. However, three re-patriating flights had been authorized to operate into Caracas to take stranded Venezuelans home, amongst them the ES-8568 flight, a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul and a Laser flight from the Dominican Republic.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Puerto Ayacucho due to problems with the cabin pressure. The airline is consulting with Venezuela's Civil Aviation Authority INAC to get a flight from Puerto Ayacucho to Caracas organised.
Passengers reported however, the aircraft needed to divert due to being low on fuel (editorial note: Distance Buenos Aires-Caracas 2730nm, official range 2,255nm with 126 passengers on board, previous rotations to Buenos Aires had been flown by Estelar's A340-300 operated by HiFly Malta).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
Estelar Latinoamerica
Flight number
ES-8568
Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Destination
Caracas, Venezuela
Aircraft Registration
YV642T
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
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