Created Tuesday, Feb 15th 2022 23:36Z, last updated Tuesday, Feb 15th 2022 23:35Z
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200 freighter, registration TC-JDO performing flight
TK-6208 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Bangalore (India), was enroute at FL390 about 110nm northwest of Batman (Turkey) when the transponder signal from the aircraft was lost. The crew donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency and initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft diverted to Batman (Turkey) for a safe landing on runway 20 about 50 minutes after leaving FL390.
Listeners on guard frequency reported that the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency due to the loss of cabin pressure, their radio calls were clearly done in high stress.
A flightplan from Batman to Bangalore for the aircraft surfaced for the following day (Feb 15th) but was cancelled. The aircraft is still on the ground in Batman about 29 hours after landing.
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