Azur B752 near Antalya on Sep 10th 2021, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: September 11, 2021 / 09:20:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-434

Destination
Belgorod, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BEY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An Azur Air Boeing 757-200, registration VQ-BEY performing flight ZF-434 from Antalya (Turkey) to Belgorod (Russia) with 239 passengers and 8 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 180nm northnortheast of Antalya when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL120 due to the activation of the low cabin pressure alert. The aircraft turned around to return to Antalya, needed to climb to FL140 again due to terrain and landed safely back in Antalya about 80 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration VP-BUX reached Belgorod with a delay of about 4:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Antalya about 27 hours after landing back.

On Sep 11th 2021 Rosaviatsia reported the crew received a cabin altitude warning, initiated an emergency descent and returned to Antalya.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-434

Destination
Belgorod, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BEY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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