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Incident: Omni B763 over Black Sea on Jan 13th 2022

Created Thursday, Jan 13th 2022 17:16Z, last updated Thursday, Jan 13th 2022 17:16Z

An Omni Air Boeing 767-300, registration N378AX performing freight flight OY-8894 from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) to Sofia (Bulgaria) with 14 crew, was enroute at FL400 over the Black Sea about 50nm northwest of Trabzon (Turkey) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL090 due to the loss of cabin pressure and decided to divert to Burgas (Bulgaria). Upon being handed off to Burgas Approach the crew advised some but not all of the 14 crew had used oxygen masks. The aircraft landed safely on Burgas' runway 22 about 110 minutes after leaving FL400.

The aircraft was scheduled to continue to Baltimore,MD (USA) after landing in Sofia.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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