Virgin America A320 near Denver on Jul 17th 2014, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: July 22, 2014 / 18:16:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2014

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Virgin America

Flight number
VX-412

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N628VA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Virgin America Airbus A320-200, registration N628VA performing flight VX-412 from Los Angeles,CA to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 145 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 100nm southeast of Denver,CO (USA) when the crew initiated an emergency descent reporting they couldn't control the cabin pressurization anymore. The aircraft levelled at FL100 about 8 minutes later (average rate of descent 3400 fpm), turned around and diverted to Denver, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 17R about 50 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Denver again after about 2:45 hours on the ground and reached New York with a delay of 4 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2014

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Virgin America

Flight number
VX-412

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N628VA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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