Investigation report C11/2010L, A333, Bleed air system failure, Russian Federation, 22 Dec 2010

Investigation report C11/2010L, A333, Bleed air system failure, Russian Federation, 22 Dec 2010

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Author
Safety Investigation Authority (Finland)
Category
Accident Reports Loss of Control Human Factors Airworthiness Air Ground Communication

On 22 December 2010, a Finnair Airbus A330-300 inbound to Helsinki and cruising in very cold air at an altitude of 11,600 metres lost cabin pressurisation in cruise flight and completed an emergency descent before continuing the originally intended flight at a lower level. The subsequent Investigation was carried out together with that into a similar occurrence to another Finnair A330 which had occurred 11 days earlier. It was found that in both incidents, both engine bleed air systems had failed to function normally because of a design fault which had allowed water within their pressure transducers to freeze.

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