France A332 near Paris on Sep 25th 2020, pressurization leak

Last Update: October 2, 2020 / 21:57:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 25, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-929

Departure
Luanda, Angola

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GZCG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air France Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCG performing flight AF-929 from Luanda (Angola) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL380 about 140nm southsoutheast of Paris when the crew initiated an early descent advising ATC they were having a pressurization leak resulting in a gradual loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft descended to FL080 levelling off at FL080 about 70nm southeast of Paris about 10 minutes later. The aircraft landed safely on Charles de Gaulle's runway 26R about 35 minutes after leaving FL380.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service a week later on Oct 2nd 2020.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 25, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-929

Departure
Luanda, Angola

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GZCG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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