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    PIA Jet Returns to Toronto Airport

    pia-logoPakistan International Airlines flight PK-782 had to return and make an emergency landing in Toronto, Canada, on December 7.

    The Boeing 777-200, bound for Karachi, Pakistan, had to return after the pilot reported that the cabin was not pressurizing properly.

    The plane landed uneventfully and was taken for examination.

    The aircraft had first attempted to depart from Toronto on December 5 but returned immediately due to cabin pressurization issue. The technicians at Air Canada Hangers conducted maintenance after which it was cleared to take off again 2 days later.

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    Pressurization Problem Forces ExpressJet Emergency Landing

    ExpressJetExpressJet flight 5106 had to make an emergency landing at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina, at around 5:30 p.m. on November 19.

    According to the FAA, the flight, en-route from Atlanta, Georgia to Wilmington, North Carolina was diverted, after the pilot reported pressurization problem.

    The plane landed uneventfully and no one was injured.

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    Horizon Air Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Pasco

    Horizon AirHorizon Air flight 2133 had to make an emergency landing at Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington, at around 4:05 p.m. on November 13.

    According to Horizon Air spokesperson Halley Knigge, the pilots declared emergency due to a pressurization issue in cabin. The flight was heading from Boise to Seattle at the time.

    The plane landed uneventfully and none of the 76 passengers and 4 crew members was injured.

    An alternate aircraft was arranged which took the passengers to Seattle.

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    United Express Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to Cabin Depressurization

    United ExpressA United Express flight had to make an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on October 24.

    The flight, en-route from Birmingham, Alabama to Denver, Colorado, was diverted after crew reported cabin depressurization problem.

    The plane landed uneventfully. The airport spokesperson confirmed that 3 passengers were treated for nose and sinus issues which commonly occur in case of cabin depressurization.

    The airline arranged another aircraft which took the passengers to their destination.

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    American Airlines Plane Lands in Emergency with Cracked Cabin Wall

    American AirlinesAmerican Airlines flight 2293 returned to San Francisco International Airport for making an emergency landing at about 2:15 p.m. on October 13.

    The Boeing 757 was on its way from San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the passengers noticed that the cabin wall was starting to tear apart. According to a passenger James Wilson, “It was the whole Row 14 on all sides, from the floor to the ceiling…It sounded like it was popping and banging so loud at first I thought stuff was coming out of the overhead compartments.”

    American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller said that the flight was turned back due to a possible blown air duct. “When they realised those panels came loose, the captain decided it was best to return to San Francisco and landed the plane there safely,” he said.

    He also confirmed that all 184 passengers and 6 crew members remained unhurt.

    The incident is under investigation.

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    Allegiant Jet Makes Emergency Landing in South Carolina

    AllegiantAllegiant airlines flight 683, en-route from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Orlando, Florida, was forced to make an emergency landing at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport, South Carolina on August 31.

    According to the airline officials, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft, having 159 passengers on board, was diverted for emergency landing after it began to “experienced a cabin pressurization issue approximately two hours after take off.”

    The aircraft landed safely, although the passengers had to wear oxygen masks deployed overhead in the cabin.

    The airline provided hotel accommodation, refund for that leg of the trip, and a $200 voucher to all the passengers.

    The flight was rescheduled to depart from Greenville next morning.

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    United Express Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Peoria

    United ExpressGoJet Airlines flight 3642, operating as United Express, made an emergency landing in Peoria, Illinois, just before noon on August 22, after the cabin lost air pressure.

    According to Gene Olson, the Director of General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport,  “I don’t know exactly what the issue was, but there was a cabin depressurization so they made a precautionary landing here in Peoria.”

    The CRJ-700, which was on its way from St. Louis to Chicago O’Hare, landed safely. No injuries were reported.

    GoJet said in a statement that the flight was diverted due to indication of smoke in the cockpit. They further said, “We will use a replacement aircraft to accommodate passengers, and aircraft technicians will examine the aircraft to determine the cause of the indication.”

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    MAS Flight Returned to Kuala Lumpur due to Cabin Pressure Issues

    Malaysia AirlinesMalaysia Airlines flight MH70, en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Tokyo’s Narita Airport, had to return and make an emergency landing at 1:00 p.m. on August 23.

    The decision for returning was made after the crew reported cabin pressure maintenance issues inside the plane. According to Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director-general of Malaysian Civil Aviation Department, “It was not able to maintain the right pressure differential for the comfort of the passengers.”

    The Boeing 777-200 aircraft safely landed back just 50 minutes after it took off. No one was hurt.

    The passengers were accommodated in another flight which took them to their destination with a 2.5 hours delay.

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    Pressure-loss and Smoke at 10,000 Feet

    I write a lot of shorthand. Not real secretarial shorthand but the kind that sums up major panicfests into four lines without even an exclamation point. A plane made an emergency landing at such and such a place after it filled with smoke. These people were hurt (or they weren’t), this broke on the plane (or it didn’t) and somebody broke something worse than a nail while exiting via the emergency slide (or they didn’t). I usually don’t have access to a lot of passenger interviews that talk about the terrifying moments between when they found out they were on a plane with issues, and when they were actually safe on the ground, and I mean literally on the ground, probably kissing it for good measure. Well, just because I don’t get a birds-eye view inside a plane showing everyone the human story while the pilots are duking it out in the cockpit for the sake of survival doesn’t mean there aren’t as many passionate plane stories as there are people in the plane. So I do have to apologize once in a while, for my tendency to rattle off the facts. I try to maintain my objectivity most of the time, so some of this news may come across as dull. I feel pretty certain no one aboard the planes feels like its dull.

    So on 29-JAN-2014, there was an emergency landing in Delaware after a Mesa Airlines/United Express CRJ 700 (Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-701ER) Dulles-Boston flight got smokey in the cabin, and the oxygen masks dropped down, both pretty good indicators that something was wrong. They made a safe landing though, in New Castle Airport. There was a loss of pressure, and they descended to 10,000 feet before they landed at 9:55.

    In fact, here’s someone’s twitter about it, probably a passenger.

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    Emergency Landing in Baku

    A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 en route from London to Singapore diverted to Baku in the first week of January 2013, after developing pressurization problems. The plane made a safe landing with no injuries.

    Four hundred sixty seven passengers were aboard the flight, and twenty-seven crew, none of whom were injured. Passengers were provided hotel accommodations pending a replacement aircraft from Singapore.

    A faulty door seal was reported to be the cause of the incident. The sound of the leaking air was audible and the flow of air was cold, an beyond the plane’s ability to manage. A replacement door was fitted before the plane flew out. Airbus is participating in the investigation by sending a team to Baku.

    Singapore airlines operates 19 A380’s.

    A photo tweeted by passenger Steve Murphy showed the oxygen masks deployed during the flight, after it began losing cabin pressure on January 6, 2013.

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    Southwest Emergency Landing

    A Southwest Boeing 737-700 en route from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Fort Lauderdale made a safe landing at William P Hobby Airport in Houston after developing cabin pressure problems.

    None of the 140 passengers were injured. Flight 2896 made a safe landing the evening of October 9, 2013.

    Passengers were provided an alternate flight to Fort Lauderdale.

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    Emergency landing in McAllen

    A United Airlines/SkyWest Flight 5229 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 ( Brownsville-Houston flight diverted to McAllen on July 12, 2013 when the pilots discovered pressurization problems.

    Pilots received a cabin door indicator light in the flight deck.

    Passengers disembarked without any problems.

    None of the 43 aboard suffered injury.

    Video Interview of Passengers


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    UTAir Emergency Landing

    UTAir Boeing 757 flight UT5179 with 237 passengers and eight crew en route from Yekatarinburg to Anatalya had to divert to Moscow when it developed depressurization in the cabin. Oxygen masks deployed.

    The flight made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    No injuries were reported. Most injuries after an emergency landing occur when passengers disembark via slides. There’s no confirmation that passengers used slides or if they disembarked normally.

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    Denver Emergency Landing

    Republic Flight 1557, operated as Frontier Airlines lost pressure and dropped from 24,200 to 28,600 feet over Aspen, and returned to Denver where it made an emergency landing.

    The cabin did not depressurize and the oxygen masks did not descend, but the crew descended to deal with the cabin pressure issue.

    The ERJ-190 made a safe landing with all of the 98 passengers and 4 crew uninjured.

    Passengers were provided alternative flights from Denver to San Diego.

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    Qantas Boeing Diverts to Rockhampton

    A Qantas Boeing 737-800 en route from Brisbane to Townsville made an emergency landing in Rockhampton. Emergency fire crews were on standby.

    Passengers noted turbulence. After the pilot informed passengers of technical difficulties, air masks descended. The pilots descended to a safe altitude prior to landing.

    Online reports indicate the cabin was losing pressure.

    An alternative flight was provided to take passengers to Townsville.

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    Ryanair 737 Diverts to Genoa


    Contact photographer Fride Jansson
    On January 23, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS wasn en route from Valencia to Bergamo Orio al Serio when the plane developed cabin pressure problems.

    Oxygen masks were deployed, which panicked the passengers. The pilots descended the plane to 9,000 feet, and diverted to Christoforo Colombia Genova airport. Emergency services (ground staff of the port of Genoa) were deployed— teams of firefighters and ambulances.

    They made an emergency landing. Of the 93 passengers, two women reported injury, one with an ear problem who was sent to the hospital of San Martino, and one in the chest who went to “Villa Scassi” Sampierdarena.

    Genoa air traffic was halted to allow for the emergency.

    The uninjured passengers were taken to Bergamo aboard buses.

    Ryanair’s official statement was that the pilots followed standard operating procedure after the warning light indicated depressurization. “In line with standard operating procedures, the commander has deployed oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent controlled at an altitude non-pressurized, normally before landing in Genoa at about 9.50.”
    “The passengers were transported by bus to Milan in order to minimize the delay while Ryanair engineers are now inspecting the aircraft before putting it back in service.”

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    Nordstar Airlines Makes Emergency Landing

    What: NordStar Airlines Boeing 737-8K5 (WL)en route frm Sharm El Sheikh t Moscow
    Where: Antalya Turkey
    When: Jan 3, 2013
    Who: no injuries
    Why: The Nordstar Airlines flight was en route over the Mediterranean sea when the plane lost cabin pressure.

    Pilots diverted the flight to Anatalya where they made a safe landing with emergency services on standby at 12:22.

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    Cathay Pacific Makes Emergency Landing

    What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER en route from Hong Kong to Los Angeles
    Where: Anchorage
    When: Nov 22, 2012
    Who: 288 passengers and 18 crew
    Why: While en route, the Cathay Pacific developed a pressurization problem and had to make an emergency landing in Alaska. There were no injuries. When the pressurization problem developed, oxygen masks were deployed.

    Cathay Pacific and the Civil Aviation Department will be investigating.

    Passengers were provided hotel accommodations and an alternative flight.

    The cause of the pressurization problem is speculated to be a malfunctioning valve in the air system

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    Malaysia Airlines Emergency Diversion to Penang


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    Contact photographer Raymond Wang

    What: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur
    Where: Penang International Airport
    When: Sep 15 2012 8:04
    Who: 195 passengers
    Why: While en route, the plane developed cabin pressure issues. The Free and Independent News site reported that the pilot dropped the Airbus rapidly from 39,000 to 10,000 feet. Passengers aboard the flight were screaming, crying.

    Apparently the crew wasn’t in much better shape. (Panic mode)

    Apparently an automated voice announced the emergency to passengers. (I wonder if it was the automatic pilot?) In the chaos, some of the oxygen masks failed. (That source also indicated 120 passengers aboard. Maybe people in a panic can’t count?)

    Also this item was twittered: Samy Vellu was on board troubled Chennai-KL flight

    Pilots diverted to Penang and made a safe landing. There were twitters by passengers swearing it was the worst flight ever

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    Southwest SF to Denver Emergency Landing

    What: Southwest Airways Boeing 737 en route from San Francisco to Denver
    Where: Oakland
    When: August 28, 2012 7:48 a.m.
    Who: 143 passengers
    Why: The flight made an emergency landing at Oakland due to cabin pressurization problems. Fire and rescue crews were on standby.

    Passengers were provided another flight which arrived in Denver two hours late.

    In George’s Point of View


    Maintenance! Maintenance! Maintenance!

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    Hollywood CA-LA flight Diverts to Miami

    What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles
    Where: Miami
    When: July 12 2012
    Who: 143 passengers 6 crew
    Why: After taking off from Fort Lauderdale, the flight experienced problems (cabin pressure) and diverted to Miami International airport.

    There was some delay while the problem was resolved (either cabin pressure or a faulty indicator) and after an hour and a half on the ground, the flight continued. The flight, that normally lands in Los Angeles around 11 PDT, is anticipated to arrive around 3 PDT.

    http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1585/history/20120712/1500Z/KMIA/KLAX

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    OLT Cabin Pressure, Fire, Emergency Diversion


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    Contact photographer Pawel Cieplak

    What: OLT Express Airbus A320-200 en route from Warsaw to Hurghada
    Where: Sofia
    When: May 17, 2012
    Who: 147 passengers and 8 crew
    Why: While en route, cabin lost pressure. The crew descended to save levels and diverted to Sophia.

    On descent, pilots reported a fire in the cabin. A hot oxygen generation unit set carpeting on fire. Fire extinguishers on board were used.

    Passengers disembarked without injury via slides.

    OLT Express is a new Polish airline whose first official flight was publicly touted as April 1, 2012. OLT was formerly LOT and also YES Airways, and is currently running under the ownership of Amber Gold Group.

    Looks like they need to work on their maintenance.

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    Pilot’s audio provided by http://www.liveatc.net

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    Skywork Emergency Return to Bern, No Injuries Reported


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    Contact photographer Johan Knijn

    What: Skywork Airlines Dornier Do-328-100 en route from Bern to Vienna
    Where: Zurich
    When: Mar 14th 2012
    Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with cabin pressure. The crew had perform a descent to safe levels.

    Pilots returned to Bern where they made a safe landing.