Tunisair A320 near Cagliari on Oct 20th 2013, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: October 24, 2013 / 20:43:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Tunisair
Flight number
TU-851
Departure
Lyon, France
Destination
Tunis, Tunisia
Aircraft Registration
TS-IML
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Passengers reported the aircraft departed Lyon with a delay of more than 4 hours due to maintenance working on the aircraft. About an hour into the flight the aircraft the aircraft rapidly descended, the passenger oxygen masks were released.
The airline reported that one of the air conditioning systems failed in flight causing the occurrence.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Tunisair
Flight number
TU-851
Departure
Lyon, France
Destination
Tunis, Tunisia
Aircraft Registration
TS-IML
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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