TAM A320 near Brasilia on Jan 18th 2016, lack of oxygen
Last Update: February 5, 2016 / 15:26:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAM Linhas Aereas
Flight number
JJ-3538
Departure
Brasilia, Brazil
Destination
Aracaju, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
PR-MAA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
On Feb 5th 2016 the French BEA reported based on notice by Brazil's CENIPA, that the aircraft was still climbing when cabin crew informed the flight deck that a number of passengers and cabin crew were suffering from significant lack of oxygen (in other words: hypoxia). The flight crew manually released the passenger oxygen masks, a number of passengers and cabin crew donned those masks. The crew subsequently returned to Brasilia. The occurrence has been rated a serious incident and is being investigated by CENIPA.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAM Linhas Aereas
Flight number
JJ-3538
Departure
Brasilia, Brazil
Destination
Aracaju, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
PR-MAA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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