Singapore A333 near Singapore on Apr 21st 2016, passenger oxygen masks released

Last Update: April 22, 2016 / 20:11:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SQ-958

Aircraft Registration
9V-STU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration 9V-STU performing flight SQ-958 from Singapore (Singapore) to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 113 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL410 about 200nm southsoutheast of Singapore when the passenger oxygen masks were released without obvious reason. The crew performed a normal descent to FL200, turned around and returned to Singapore for a safe landing about 50 minutes after the oxygen masks came down.

The flight was cancelled.

The airline reported there was no loss of cabin pressure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 38 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SQ-958

Aircraft Registration
9V-STU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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