UA1341 - Incident: United B739 at Chicago on Jun 19th 2023
Created Tuesday, Jun 20th 2023 21:55Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 20th 2023 21:55Z
A United Boeing 737-900, registration N37422 performing flight UA-1341 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), was climbing out of Chicago when the crew stopped the climb at about FL200 and initiated a descent to 10,000 feet levelling off at 10,000 feet about 5 minutes later. The passenger oxygen masks deployed. The aircraft returned to Chicago for a safe landing on runway 10C about 33 minutes after stopping the climb.
A passenger reported the oxygen masks came down after the cabin depressurized.
A replacement Boeing 737-900 reached Houston with a delay of about 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago about 22 hours after landing back.
Source: The Aviation Herald