US Airways B752 over Pacific on Mar 12th 2013, air conditioning problem

Last Update: March 13, 2013 / 16:54:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-31

Aircraft Registration
N909AW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

A US Airways Boeing 757-200, registration N909AW performing flight US-31 from Kahului,HI to Phoenix,AZ (USA) with 166 passengers, stopped the climb out of Kahului at FL290 and continued towards Phoenix until about 700nm (1.5 hours at speeds over ground in excess of 500 knots due to tailwinds) into the flight when the crew decided to return to Hawaii and to divert to Honolulu (speeds over ground at or less than 400 knots due to headwinds), where the aircraft landed safely about 3.5 hours after departure.

The airline reported the crew returned to Hawaii as a precaution when one of the two air conditioning packs in control of cabin pressure and air condition malfunctioned. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The incident aircraft positioned to Phoenix the following day as flight US-9206 and resumed service afterwards.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-31

Aircraft Registration
N909AW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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