Created Tuesday, May 25th 2021 20:29Z, last updated Tuesday, May 25th 2021 20:29Z
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHA performing flight
LA-3216 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP to Vitoria,ES (Brazil) with 162 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure, passenger oxygen masks were deployed. The aircraft levelled off at FL100 about 9 minutes after leaving FL370 and diverted to Rio De Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on runway 15 about 45 minutes after leaving FL370.
Brazil's CENIPA reported the crew received a "AIR ENG 2 BLEED ABNORM PR" abnormal pressure indication for the right hand bleed air system. While the crew worked the related checklist procedures they received a high temperature indication for the pack #1 followed by the message "AIR ENG 1+2 BLEED FAULT". The crew therefore donned their oxygen masks, performed an emergency descent, the passenger oxygen masks were also released. CENIPA opened an investigation into the occurrence rated an incident.
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