Created Sunday, Nov 22nd 2020 12:09Z, last updated Sunday, Nov 22nd 2020 14:30Z
A Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N873RW performing flight
DL-5646 from New York La Guardia to Nashville,TN (USA), was climbing out of New York when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 and subsequently performed an emergency descent to 10,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure. The crew advised they had a bleed air valve issue losing both bleeds, no further assistance was needed. The aircraft diverted to Philadelphia for a safe landing on runway 27L about 40 minutes after leaving FL250.
A replacement ERJ-175 registration N201JQ reached Nashville with a delay of 5:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Philadelphia about 15 hours after landing.
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