Volaris A21N near Las Vegas on Oct 12th 2025, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: October 14, 2025 / 17:36:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
Y4-1741

Aircraft Registration
XA-VSB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A Volaris Airbus A321-200N, registration XA-VSB performing flight Y4-1741 from Las Vegas,NV (USA) to Guadalajara (Mexico), was climbing out of Las Vegas when the crew stopped the climb at FL270 but continued for about 3 minutes, then performed an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure, the oxygen masks of the passengers were released. The aircraft levelled off at 10,000 feet and returned to Las Vegas for a safe landing on runway 26L about 55 minutes after departure.

Passengers reported the oxygen masks were released due to the loss of cabin pressure.

The airline reported a possible pressurization problem.

A replacement A321-200N registration XA-VUO reached Guadalajara with a delay of about 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Las Vegas about 41 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
Y4-1741

Aircraft Registration
XA-VSB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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