Southwest B737 near Amarillo on Mar 18th 2017, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: March 19, 2017 / 17:24:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-118
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N565WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
The airline confirmed the loss of cabin pressure deploying the passenger oxygen masks due to a technical malfunction.
A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N278WN reached Atlanta with a delay of 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft positioned back to Phoenix at maximum altitude 10,000 feet departing Amarillo about 14 hours after landing. The aircraft has not yet resumed service about 27 hours after landing in Amarillo.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-118
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N565WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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