El Al B763 near Bucharest on Nov 29th 2013, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: December 1, 2013 / 21:03:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-32

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An El Al Boeing 767-300, registration 4X-EAR performing flight LY-32 (dep Nov 28th) from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at FL310 just entering Romanian Airspace about 250nm northwest of Bucharest (Romania) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL120 (average rate of descent 3200 feet per minute) and decided to divert to Bucharest's Otopeni Airport, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 08R about 50 minutes after leaving FL310.

The aircraft was on the ground in Bucharest for about 7 hours, then continued the journey reaching maximum cruise level 170 and landed safely in Tel Aviv with a delay of 7:10 hours. The aircraft resumed service the following day about 16 hours after landing in Tel Aviv.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-32

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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