United A320 near London on May 18th 2012, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: May 31, 2012 / 20:59:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 18, 2012
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-402
Departure
Rochester, United States
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N466UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The Canadian TSB reported on May 31st that the crew noticed the cabin climbed above 9000 feet while the aircraft was enroute about 25nm west of London VOR. The crew donned their oxygen masks and executed an emergency descent to 10,000 feet, the cabin reached a maximum altitude of 12,500 feet below the trigger to deploy passenger oxygen masks. In consultation with maintenance the crew managed to re-activate the #2 cabin pressure controller and continued to destination at 8000 feet. Maintenance replaced both cabin pressure controllers.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 18, 2012
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-402
Departure
Rochester, United States
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N466UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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