S4161 - Incident: SATA DH8D at Funchal on Sep 27th 2022

A SATA Air Acores de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration CS-TRF performing flight S4-161 from Funchal to Ponta Delgada (Portugal), was climbing through FL240 when the crew initiated a rapid descent to FL130 levelling off at FL130 about 4 minutes later and returned to Funchal for a safe landing on runway 05 about 45 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported they were told about a pressurization issue causing the return to Funchal.