TU462 - Incident: Tunis B736 near Tunis on Mar 8th 2021
Created Monday, Mar 8th 2021 08:48Z, last updated Monday, Mar 8th 2021 17:26Z
A Tunis Air Boeing 737-600, registration TS-ION performing flight TU-462 from Monastir (Tunisia) to Lyon (France) with 109 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 70nm north of Tunis (Tunisia) when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to the loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft turned around and diverted to Tunis, levelled off briefly at FL100 about 7 minutes after leaving FL380 (average rate of descent 4000fpm) and landed safely on Tunis' runway 19 with emergency services on stand by about 25 minutes after leaving FL380.
A replacement A320-200 registration TS-IMN reached Lyon with a delay of about 4 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald