Incident

W81592 - Incident: Cargojet B763 at Sao Paulo on Nov 7th 2021

Created Tuesday, Nov 9th 2021 21:02Z, last updated Tuesday, Nov 9th 2021 21:02Z

Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport
File photo: Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.

A Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration C-GVIJ performing flight W8-1592 from Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) to Miami,FL (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing out of Viracopos Airport when the crew stopped the climb at FL260 due to cabin altitude caution, the crew worked the related checklists but were unable to maintain cabin pressure in any mode. The crew declared PAN PAN and descended to FL100, during the descent the cabin altitude alert activated. The aircraft levelled off at FL100, burned off fuel and returned to Viracopos for a safe landing on runway 15 about 2.5 hours after departure.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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