SAS A343 near Novosibirsk on Jul 14th 2016, cabin pressure problems
Last Update: July 15, 2016 / 15:42:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 14, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-998
Departure
Shanghai, China
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
OY-KBA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
Novosibirsk airport reported the crew reported a technical malfunction.
A local Siberian Newspaper tweeted as only source that the aircraft diverted to Novosibirsk after receiving an indication of depressurization in the Abakan region (about 320nm southeast of Novosibirsk), however, did not follow up on Twitter, their print or online version. A number of "aviation services" took that tweet over immediately and without cross checking reported the aircraft had suffered the loss of cabin pressure.
Passengers reported they did not know why the aircraft diverted to Novosibirsk and had no information of how to get to Copenhagen.
The airline reported on Jul 15th 2016, that there was a problem with the cabin pressurization prompting the diversion to Novosibirsk. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to Novosibirsk.
A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration OY-KBM was dispatched from Copenhagen to Novosibirsk as flight SK-9227 and is currently enroute as flight SK-6998 from Novosibirsk to Copenhagen estimated to arrive in Copenhagen with a delay of 26 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Novosibirsk about 26 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 14, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-998
Departure
Shanghai, China
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
OY-KBA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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