The occurrence covered by this report falls under the category of “Abnormal decompression inside an aircraft” as stipulated in Clause 11, Article 166-4 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Civil Aeronautics Act of Japan, and is classified as a serious incident. On...
Any failure of cabin pressurization above 10,000 feet (3,000 m) requires an emergency descent to 8,000 feet (2,400 m) or the closest to that while maintaining the Minimum Safe Altitude (MSA), and the deployment of an oxygen mask for each seat.
Ryanair – Boeing B737-204 (EI-CJC) flight RY1116
Ryanair flight RY1116 originally took-off from Dublin at 09.50 hrs on the 8 November 2004 and landed without incident at Reus in Spain at 12.16 hrs. Earlier that morning the Captain of EI-CJC had completed a company revenue return flight from Dublin to East Midlands...
Japan Airlines – Boeing B747 SR-100 (JA8119) flight JAL123
Japan Airlines Flight JAL123 , during a flight from Tokyo to Osaka scheduled as flight JAL123 on August 12, 1985, experienced an emergency at approximately 18:25 hours when approaching east coast of Southern Izu Peninsula, and after a continued flight of about 30...
QANTAS – BOEING B747-438 (VH-OJK) flight QF30
At 0922 local time (0122 UTC ) on 25 July 2008, a Boeing 747-438 QANTAS flight QF30, departed Hong Kong International Airport on a scheduled passenger transport service to Melbourne, Australia. On board the aircraft (operating as flight number QF30) were 350...
Air Canada – Lockheed L1011-500 (C-GAGI) flight AC866
The aircraft was operating scheduled Air Canada Flight AC866 from Montreal Mirabel to London Heathrow. At approximately 0625 hrs, as the aircraft was approaching the area of Manchester at FL 370, the second officer made a public address (PA) broadcast to the...
Aloha Airlines – Boeing – B737-200 (N-73711) flight AQ243
Aloha Airlines flight AQ243 : on April 28, 1988, an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737, N73711, based at the Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, was scheduled for a series of interisland flights to be conducted under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121. A...
Southwest – Boeing – B737-3H4 (N-632NW) flight WN812
Southwest flight WN812 : on April 1, 2011, about 1558 mountain standard time (MST),1 a Boeing 737-3H4, N632SW, operating as Southwest Airlines flight 812 experienced a rapid decompression while climbing through flight level 340. The flight crew conducted an emergency...
Finnair – Airbus – A320-214 (OH-LXL) flight AY831
Finnair flight AY831 : on 5 March 2011 at approximately 06:50 a pressurisation failure led to a serious incident on Finnair flight AY831. An Airbus A320-214 airliner, registration OH-LXL with call sign FIN831L, was on a scheduled flight from Helsinki to London. The...
Air Nippon – Boeing – B737-500 (JA-8419) flight EH2142
Air Nippon flight EH2142 : on July 5 (Wednesday), 2006 at 07:24 JST, a Boeing 737-500 airplane, JA8419, operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd. took off Fukuoka Airport as All Nippon Airways scheduled flight 2142. At about 08:10, while flying at approximately 37,000 ft...
Aviation accidents
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Aviation incidents
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Aviation serious incidents
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