A320 FLT CREW HAS LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION; EXECUTES EMER DSCNT; DECLARES EMER AND DIVERTS FOR LNDG.

2006-12 · NASA ASRS report 722388

Date: 2006-12 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-loss-of-pressurization

Synopsis

A320 FLT CREW HAS LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION; EXECUTES EMER DSCNT; DECLARES EMER AND DIVERTS FOR LNDG.

Narrative

IT WAS FO'S FLT LEG AND WE TOOK OFF FROM ZZZ. AT CLBOUT; WE HAD AN ECAM ENG BLEED #2 FAULT. WE COMPLETED ECAM ACTIONS; LEVELED OFF TO OUR CRUISE ALT OF FL360; AND CONTINUED ON. ENRTE; I INFORMED VIA ACARS MAINT AND DISPATCH ABOUT THE MALFUNCTION SO THAT ZZZ1 WOULD BE READY TO RECEIVE US. DISPATCH THEN ACKNOWLEDGED BACK TO US. ON OUR FILED ROUTING OUT OFF THE COAST; WE THEN HAD ANOTHER ECAM ENG BLEED #1 FAULT. WE PERFORMED ECAM ACTIONS AND NOTICED THE CABIN WAS CLBING RAPIDLY. WE WERE HAVING RAPID DECOMPRESSION OF THE CABIN. SIMULTANEOUSLY; FO AND I DONNED OUR OXYGEN MASKS. I DECLARED EMER WITH ATC; GOT CLRNC TO 10000 FT AND PERFORMED OUR EMER DSCNT. CALLED FLT ATTENDANTS AND INFORMED THEM THAT WE ARE HAVING RAPID DECOMPRESSION AND OVER THE PA I CALLED CABIN CREW AT STATIONS. IN OUR DSCNT WE THEN HAD ECAM CABIN PRESSURE EXCESS CABIN ALT. WE WERE ALREADY IN EMER DSCNT AND RECHKED AND COMPLETED THE ECAM UP TO THE DROPPING OF THE OXYGEN MASKS. WE THEN LEVELED OFF AT 10000 FT. ONCE AT 10000 FT OUT OF RADAR CONTACT AND RADIO RECEPTION; AN ACFT WAS RELAYING OUR INTENTIONS TO ATC THAT WE WERE DIRECT TO ZZZ2 INTL AND AT ALSO CHKING ON THE CONDITION OF ALL CREW MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS. THE REPLY WAS THAT ALL WERE WELL. I INFORMED THE CUSTOMERS; OVER THE PA; OF OUR STATE AND ASSURED THEM ALL IS WELL AND WE WERE HEADING TO ZZZ2. ONCE WITH ATC CONTACT WE OBTAINED ATIS; I SET UP FOR THE ILS; BRIEFED IT; THEN TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT. ZZZ2 WAS VFR. WE LANDED SMOOTHLY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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