Vueling A320 near Lyon on Jun 20th 2013, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: June 20, 2013 / 16:31:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-7515

Aircraft Registration
EC-HHA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-HHA performing flight VY-7515 from Santiago de Compostela,SP (Spain) to Zurich (Switzerland) with 88 passengers, was enroute at FL380 about 120nm southwest of Lyon (France) when the crew initiated an emergency descent (average rate of descent 4600 feet per minute) to FL100 due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Lyon for a safe landing about 30 minutes after leaving FL380. No injuries occurred.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were bussed to Zurich.

The incident aircraft positioned to Barcelona departing Lyon about 6 hours after landing cruising at FL100.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-7515

Aircraft Registration
EC-HHA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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