Germanwings A319 near Dortmund on Jul 17th 2012, pressurization problems

Last Update: July 17, 2012 / 15:47:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-4064

Departure
Dortmund, Germany

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AKNU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AKNU performing flight 4U-4064 from Dortmund to Munich (Germany), was climbing out of Dortmund when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to problems with the cabin pressurization and diverted to Cologne (Germany) for a safe landing on Cologne's runway 32R about 25 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was able to depart again after 80 minutes on the ground and reached Munich with a delay of 85 minutes.

A passenger reported the aircraft diverted to Cologne due to a malfunction with the cabin pressurization. After maintenance had attended and cleared the aircraft to continue the captain announced the door of the avionics bay had remained open.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germanwings

Flight number
4U-4064

Departure
Dortmund, Germany

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AKNU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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