British Airways A319 near London on Mar 5th 2014, cabin pressure problems

Last Update: March 5, 2014 / 22:23:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-976

Destination
Hanover, Germany

Aircraft Registration
G-DBCB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A British Airways Airbus A319-100, registration G-DBCB performing flight BA-976 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Hanover (Germany), was climbing through FL240 about 50nm northeast of London when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to problems with the cabin pressure. The aircraft turned around and returned to Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27R about 45 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration G-DBCG reached Hanover with a delay of 2.5 hours.

G-DBCB was performing its first flight after maintenance between Feb 28th to Mar 5th.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-976

Destination
Hanover, Germany

Aircraft Registration
G-DBCB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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