China Eastern A333 near Kota Kinabalu on Dec 18th 2015, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: December 18, 2015 / 21:20:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-782

Destination
Beijing, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6120

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A China Eastern Airbus A330-300, registration B-6120 performing flight MU-782 from Denpasar (Indonesia) to Beijing (China), was enroute at FL390 about 220nm south of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to FL100 following the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft diverted to Kota Kinabalu for a safe landing on runway 02 about 50 minutes after leaving FL390.

A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration B-6506 was dispatched to Kota Kinabalu and reached Beijing with a delay of 17 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-782

Destination
Beijing, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6120

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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