Accident: American B752 near Miami on Oct 26th 2010, rapid decompression
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Oct 28th 2010 16:41Z, last updated Friday, Nov 5th 2010 20:53Z
An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N626AA performing flight AA-1640 from Miami,FL to Boston,MA (USA) with 154 passengers and 6 crew, had been cleared to climb to FL310 when the airplane suffered a rapid decompression. The crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent, the passenger oxygen masks were deployed. After reaching 10,000 feet the crew requested even lower and descended further to 8000 feet and returned to Miami for a safe landing on Miami's runway 08R about 40 minutes after departure.
A post flight inspection revealed a hole of about 1 foot by 2 feet (33 by 66cm) just above and aft of the L1 door and just above the "A" of the American Airlines Logo.
The NTSB reported, that the investigation is in its early stages and the altitude at which the decompression occurred has not yet been determined. The NTSB was told 154 passengers and 6 crew were on board.
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By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Oct 28th 2010 16:41Z, last updated Friday, Nov 5th 2010 20:53Z
An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N626AA performing flight AA-1640 from Miami,FL to Boston,MA (USA) with 154 passengers and 6 crew, had been cleared to climb to FL310 when the airplane suffered a rapid decompression. The crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent, the passenger oxygen masks were deployed. After reaching 10,000 feet the crew requested even lower and descended further to 8000 feet and returned to Miami for a safe landing on Miami's runway 08R about 40 minutes after departure.
A post flight inspection revealed a hole of about 1 foot by 2 feet (33 by 66cm) just above and aft of the L1 door and just above the "A" of the American Airlines Logo.
The NTSB reported, that the investigation is in its early stages and the altitude at which the decompression occurred has not yet been determined. The NTSB was told 154 passengers and 6 crew were on board.
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