Incident

AD4614 - Incident: Azul AT72 at Belo Horizonte on Nov 6th 2020

Created Monday, Nov 9th 2020 16:01Z, last updated Monday, Nov 9th 2020 16:01Z

Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves International Airport
File photo: Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves International Airport.

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-TKI performing flight AD-4614 from Belo Horizonte,MG to Governador Valadares,MG (Brazil) with 69 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Belo Horizonte when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 due to the cabin not pressurizing and returned to Belo Horizonte for a safe landing about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement ATR-72-212A registration PR-ATV reached Governador Valadares with a delay of 3 hours.

Brazil's CENIPA reported the crew observed the cabin altitude climb along with the aircraft's altitude, stopped the climb, worked the related checklist procedures and returned to Belo Horizonte.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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