Swiss A333 at Zurich on Sep 13th 2024, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: October 5, 2024 / 23:13:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2024
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Swiss International Airlines
Flight number
LX-18
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
HB-JHI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The rotation was cancelled.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Zurich about 14 hours after landing back.
The airline reported the pilots initiated a standard operating procedure to reduce altitude and release passenger oxygen masks due to irregularities with the cabin pressure. The aircraft needed to land with a higher weight than normal, therefore emergency services were attending to the landing due to brakes possible heating up.
On Oct 6th 2024 the Swiss SUST reported the maximum cabin altitude was exceeded, the crew donned their oxygen masks and released the passenger oxygen masks, initiated an emergency descent and returned to Zurich. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by the SUST.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2024
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Swiss International Airlines
Flight number
LX-18
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
HB-JHI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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