UA5293 - Incident: Skywest CRJ2 near Rapid City on Oct 13th 2024

A Skywest Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of United, registration N930SW performing flight UA-5293 from Denver,CO to Williston,ND (USA), was enroute at FL330 about 30nm west of Rapid City,SD (USA) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft subsequently diverted to Rapid City for a safe landing on runway 32 about 30 minutes later.

A passenger reported the crew donned their oxygen masks due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were not released however.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted due to a mechanical indication. The passengers continued their travel on a different aircraft.

A replacement CRJ-700 registration N788SK reached Williston with a delay of about 7:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Rapid City for about 30 hours, then positioned to Chicago,IL (USA).