Egypt A320 near Gassim on Sep 30th 2015, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: October 1, 2015 / 21:22:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-903
Departure
Alexandria Borg el Arab, Egypt
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration SU-GBT was dispatched to Gassim, continued the flight and reached Dubai with a delay of 10 hours.
Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority reported the aircraft diverted to Gassim due to the sudden failure of the cabin pressure.
The occurrence aircraft was able to position back to Alexandria after about 15 hours on the ground in Gassim and resumed service afterwards.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-903
Departure
Alexandria Borg el Arab, Egypt
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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