PAL A320 near Cebu on Dec 22nd 2016, loss of cabin pressure

Last Update: December 22, 2016 / 23:29:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PR-2959

Aircraft Registration
RP-C8615

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A PAL Philippine Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration RP-C8615 performing flight PR-2959/2P-2959 from Manila to Cotabato (Philippines), was enroute at FL370 about 100nm westnorthwest of Cebu (Philippines) when the crew initiated a rapid descent to FL110 reporting problems with the cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Cebu for a safe landing about 35 minutes later.

A replacement A320-200 registration RP-C860 departed Cebu about 5 hours after landing and reached Cotabato with a delay of about 6 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PR-2959

Aircraft Registration
RP-C8615

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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