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| Date: | Sunday 8 January 2023 |
| Time: | 05:22 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | QantasLink, opb Eastern Australia Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-SCE |
| MSN: | 602 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 40 NM 257 degrees from Richmond, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Griffith Airport, NSW (GFF/YGTH) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During cruise at FL 160, flight QF2123 depressurised and the crew donned oxygen before conducting an emergency descent. The crew returned the aircraft to Sydney. The engineers replaced the cabin pressure controller.
Sources:
OA2023-00016
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qf2123#2ec8136e
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 December 2023 | VH-SCE | QantasLink, opb Eastern Australia Airlines | 0 | Port Lincoln Airport, SA (PLO/YPLC) | |
non |
| Runway incursion with a/c (no oollision) | ||||||
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