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Date: | Friday 20 February 2009 |
Time: | 17:30 |
Type: | Boeing 757-2B7 |
Owner/operator: | US Airways |
Registration: | N934UW |
MSN: | 27200/589 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 196 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | over the Atlantic -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) |
Destination airport: | Philadelphia - PHL |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flight US1670 initiated an emergency descent from FL370 while enroute over the Atlantic, reached 10,000 feet within 7 minutes and diverted to Wilmington after the cabin pressure was lost about 50 minutes into the flight. The airplane landed safely at Wilmington (ILM) 30 minutes after begin of the emergency descent.
The incident aircraft departed Wilmington about 3:15 after and was ferried to Philadelphia as flight HP-9226 at a maximum cruise altitude of 10,000 feet.
Sources:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4155edb4&opt=0 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/USA1670/history/20090220/2139Z/KFLL/KPHL
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE9226/history/20090221/0113Z/KILM/KPHL
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Feb-2009 10:59 |
Certosino |
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