Belgium A332 over Atlantic on Feb 28th 2024, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: March 3, 2024 / 10:23:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2024

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Air Belgium

Flight number
KF-278

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
Cincinnati, United States

Aircraft Registration
OE-LAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air Belgium Airbus A330-200 freighter, registration OE-LAL performing flight KF-278 from Brussels (Belgium) to Cincinnati,KY (USA), was enroute at FL360 over the Atlantic Ocean about 290nm northwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft turned around to return to Brussels, over Ireland exited controlled airspace to maintain FL100 (bottom of controlled airspace at FL120), entered a hold at Brussels to burn off fuel and landed safely on Brussels' runway 25R about 6:45 hours after departure and about 4:45 hours after leaving FL360.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Brussels for about 65 hours, then departed again and reached Cincinnati with a delay of about 72 hours (3 days).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2024

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Air Belgium

Flight number
KF-278

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
Cincinnati, United States

Aircraft Registration
OE-LAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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