Astana B752 near Shimkent on May 10th 2013, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: May 13, 2013 / 21:29:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-128
Departure
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Destination
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Aircraft Registration
P4-KCU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
The passengers were rebooked onto flight KC-970, upgraded to be flown by Airbus A321-200 registration P4-KDA, and reached Almaty with a delay of 9 hours.
The incident aircraft positioned to Almaty later the day as flight KC-1280, but has not been seen on radar since (standing May 13th 21:00Z).
The airline reported one of the air conditioning systems had failed.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-128
Departure
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Destination
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Aircraft Registration
P4-KCU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
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