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Date of event : 2020-11-18
Incident number : CZ-20-0752
Report : Final report
Place of event : LKAA, 18 NM south of the VOZ
Registration mark : Serious incident
Weight category MTOM: : 2250 – 5700 kg
Type of operation : Commercial and Air Transport
Plane / SFM : Airplanes
Type of plane / SFM : Cessna 525 A, Model CJ 2+
Health effects of event : Without injury
PDF document : pdf

Description:

On 18 November 2020, the AAII was notified first by the ANS (ŘLP ČR, s.p.) and subsequently by the aircraft operator of a serious incident of the Cessna 525 A aircraft, registration mark G-TWOP. During a flight from the Channel Islands to the Brno Tuřany Airport (LKTB), shortly after commencing the descent from FL 380, the crew noticed physical change in cabin pressure and an increase in cabin altitude level. At 10:02, 18 NM south of the VOZ beacon, at FL 350, the crew issued an urgency PAN, PAN, PAN signal and requested emergency descent to FL 100 without stating any reason. The crew started an emergency descent to FL 130 and then to FL 90. During the descent, passenger oxygen masks were deployed automatically. Upon approaching LKTB, the aircraft was vectored for ILS RWY 27 where it landed safely at 10:28. Neither any serious injury nor any damage were sustained during the incident.