Ryanair B738 near Stuttgart on Sep 14th 2015, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: November 16, 2015 / 15:12:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-5842

Aircraft Registration
EI-EKC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EKC performing flight FR-5842 from Chania (Greece) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) with 168 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 50nm southeast of Stuttgart (Germany) when the crew initiated an emergency descent (average rate of descent 3500 fpm), the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft levelled off at FL100 and diverted to Frankfurt's Hahn Airport (Germany) for a safe landing about one hour after leaving FL380.

A number of passengers were bussed to Eindhoven, a replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-ESZ was dispatched to Frankfurt Hahn and reached Eindhoven as flight FR-584 with a delay of 4:15 hours.

The airline confirmed the crew had to perform an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were released by the crew. On Sep 15th 2015 The Aviation Herald received the following additional statement: "This flight from Chania (Greece) to Eindhoven (14 Sep) diverted to Frankfurt Hahn due to an inflight depressurisation. In line with standard procedure, the crew deployed oxygen masks and initiated a controlled decent. The aircraft landed normally, customers disembarked and Ryanair engineers worked to return the aircraft to service. A spare aircraft was positioned from Dublin to operate this flight and Ryanair sincerely apologised to its customers for this delay."

On Nov 16th 2015 the Dutch Safety Board reported in their quarterly bulletin that the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Germany's BFU. The Dutch Safety Board was asked for assistance with the cockpit voice recorder as both flight crew members were Dutch Nationality.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
EI-EKC
Country of Registration
Ireland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
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Engine Count
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-5842

Aircraft Registration
EI-EKC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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