Thomas Cook A320 near Faro on Mar 15th 2013, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: March 16, 2013 / 18:17:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 15, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MT-2045

Aircraft Registration
G-SUEW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Thomas Cook Airbus A320-200, registration G-SUEW performing flight MT-2045 from Fuerteventura,CI (Spain) to Manchester,EN (UK) with 192 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 170nm southwest of Faro (Portugal) when the crew initiated an emergency descent (average rate of descent 4800 fpm) due to the loss of cabin pressure and diverted to Faro. The aircraft entered a hold at 3000 feet to burn off fuel and landed safely on Faro's runway 10 about 75 minutes after leaving FL340.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration G-TCAD was dispatched to Faro and reached Manchester with a delay of 7.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 15, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MT-2045

Aircraft Registration
G-SUEW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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