Expressjet E145 near Grand Junction on May 2nd 2012, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: May 3, 2012 / 20:24:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 2, 2012

Airline
Expressjet

Aircraft Registration
F-GLZJ

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

An Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of United, flight EV-4423/UA-4423 from Grand Junction,CO to Houston,TX (USA) with 45 people on board, was enroute at FL250 about 10nm northwest of Amarillo,TX when the crew requested to descend to 12,000 feet reporting they had lost cabin pressure. After reached 12,000 feet the crew advised they needed to divert to Amarillo due the cabin pressure failure, were cleared to 10,000 feet and diverted to Amarillo for a safe landing on runway 22 about 10 minutes after leaving FL250.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-145 reached Houston with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 2, 2012

Airline
Expressjet

Aircraft Registration
F-GLZJ

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

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