ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249177
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 2019 |
| Time: | 11:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-4B7 |
| Owner/operator: | YanAir |
| Registration: | UR-CQX |
| MSN: | 24558/1845 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 168 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Kolomyya -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) |
| Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO/UKLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NBAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
YanAir flight BKV2170, a Boeing 737-400 was en route between Antalya (Turkey) and Lviv (Ukraine) when the cabin pressure decreased. At that time the aircraft was descending through FL300.
The vertical rate of descent of the aircraft was 2500 - 2700 ft / min. The performed an emergency descent to flight level FL 120, while declaring an emergency. The oxygen masks were released in the passenger cabin.
The plane landed safely at Lviv Airport.
Reasons
The cause of a serious incident with a Boeing 737-400, registration number UR-CQX, operating flight BKV 2170 on the route Antalya (Turkey) - Lviv (Ukraine), was a leak in the left emergency hatch due to loss of elasticity and damage to the seal of the emergency hatch.
Event category: SCF-NP (failure or malfunction of systems / components, except power plant)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NBAAI
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2021 11:58 | harro | Added |
| 27-Mar-2021 12:03 | harro | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Narrative] |
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