Alaska B739 at Juneau and Ketchikan on Apr 18th 2017, cabin pressure problems
Last Update: April 19, 2017 / 22:46:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
Alaska Airlines
Flight number
AS-176
Departure
Juneau, United States
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N305AS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
A passenger reported the captain announced after boarding that there was a malfunction of the air conditioning system and there would be delay of 20 minutes, 40 minutes later another delay of 20 minutes was announced, about 30 minutes later the captain announced it would be at least one hour and permitted the passengers to disembark into the departure lounge. The aircraft was finally able to depart with a delay of 2:40 hours. About 30 minutes into the flight the crew announced cabin pressure had been lost and they were diverting to Ketchikan. They needed to stay in Ketchikan over night.
The occurrence aircraft had been involved in a similiar occurrence 8 days earlier already, see Incident: Alaska B739 near Portland on Apr 10th 2017, cabin pressure problems.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cabin pressure problems
Airline
Alaska Airlines
Flight number
AS-176
Departure
Juneau, United States
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N305AS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
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