Incident: Brussels B733 near Frankfurt on Jun 28th 2011, emergency descent
Incident: Brussels B733 near Athens on Jun 27th 2011, loss of cabin pressure
(Simon Hradecky/AVIATION HERALD)
A Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration OO-VEN performing flight SN-2901 from Brussels (Belgium) to Vienna (Austria), was enroute at FL370 about 40nm westnorthwest of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL100. The aircraft subsequently returned to Brussels for a safe landing on runway 25L about 35 minutes later.
A replacement Boeing 737-300 registration OO-VEX reached Vienna with a delay of 3:45 hours.
The airline confirmed a technical problem.
The incident aircraft had suffered the loss of cabin pressure the previous day, see Incident: Brussels B733 near Athens on Jun 27th 2011, loss of cabin pressure.
A Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration OO-VEN performing flight SN-3249 from Brussels (Belgium) to Athens (Greece) with 125 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL350 just short of top of descent when the crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent due to loss of cabin pressure. The crew subsequently indicated they did not need emergency services, expected a normal landing and just wanted to proceed to the gate after touchdown. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Athens' runway 03R about 25 minutes later.
The aircraft was able to depart Athens for the return flight SN-3250 after about 3 hours on the ground and reached Brussels with a delay of 2 hours.
The aircraft suffered another emergency descent the following day, see Incident: Brussels B733 near Frankfurt on Jun 28th 2011, emergency descent.
