American MD82 near Abilene on Apr 15th 2014, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: April 16, 2014 / 18:56:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 15, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1225

Aircraft Registration
N403A

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N403A performing flight AA-1225 from San Jose Cabo (Mexico) to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 133 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 340nm southwest of Abilene,TX (USA) still in Mexican Airspace when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Abilene for a safe landing about 70 minutes later.

The airline confirmed a problem with the cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks did not need to deploy.

The incident aircraft was able to depart again, climbed to 17,000 feet enroute and reached Dallas Ft. Worth with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 15, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1225

Aircraft Registration
N403A

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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