Arann AT72 near Dublin on Dec 30th 2012, pressurization problem

Last Update: January 1, 2013 / 15:39:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Arann

Flight number
RE-3676

Aircraft Registration
EI-REH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Aer Arann Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-200 on behalf of Aer Lingus, registration EI-REH performing flight RE-3676/EI-3676 from Shannon (Ireland) to Edinburgh,SC (UK) with 68 people on board, was climbing out of Shannon when the crew requested to stop their climb at FL150. Later the aircraft was enroute at FL150 near Dublin (Ireland) when the crew reported something was wrong with the pressurization, everything was under control but they wanted to divert to Dublin. The aircraft was cleared direct to Dublin and landed safely on runway 28 about 20 minutes later.

The airline confirmed the diversion as a precaution, the passengers were accomodated in hotels overnight and continued the journey on Dec 31st.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Arann

Flight number
RE-3676

Aircraft Registration
EI-REH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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