Created Tuesday, Jun 29th 2021 18:49Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 29th 2021 18:49Z
A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N905J performing flight
AA-5996 from Phoenix,AZ to Eugene,OR (USA) with 79 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL270 out of Phoenix when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency and initiated a rapid descent to 10,000 feet reporting a bleed air problem with one of the engines (CF34) and pressurization issues. The aircraft returned to Phoenix for a safe landing on runway 08 about 50 minutes after departure.
A replacement CRJ-900 registration N947LR reached Eugene with a delay of 5:20 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Phoenix about 21 hours after landing.
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