Air Canada A333 near Paris on Aug 20th 2013, problems with cabin pressurization system

Last Update: August 25, 2013 / 14:53:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-879

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GFUR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Air Canada Airbus A330-300, registration C-GFUR performing flight AC-879 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 265 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 60nm northeast of Paris (France) when the crew reported problems with the cabin pressurization system but did not need to descend the aircraft. The crew decided to return to Zurich, declared PAN due to the pending overweight landing reporting there were no other issues and landed safely on Zurich's runway 16 about an hour later. Emergency services followed the aircraft to the gate.

On Aug 22nd 2013 the Canadian TSB reported the crew received a bleed fault indication for the right hand engine (Trent 772), declared PAN and returned to Zurich. The cause is under investigation by the airline.

The aircraft attempted to resume the flight the following day but again needed to return due to a bleed air problem, see Incident: Air Canada A333 near Zurich on Aug 21st 2013, technical urgency with bleed air system.
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-879

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GFUR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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