- Date
- May 8, 2010, 00:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vienna, Austria
- Damage
- No damage
- Aircraft
- SE-RHXBoeing 737
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75999
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On May 8, 2010, a Boeing 737-800, Swedish registration SE-RHX, operated by Viking Airlines, experienced a decompression while enroute from Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, to Manchester, UK. The flight diverted to Vienna, Austria. There were no injuries. The Austrian Air Investigation Branch delegated the investigation to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (www.aaib.gov.uk).
Factual narrative
On May 8, 2010, a Boeing 737-800, Swedish registration SE-RHX, operated by Viking Airlines, experienced a decompression while enroute from Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, to Manchester, UK. The flight diverted to Vienna, Austria. There were no injuries. The Austrian Air Investigation Branch delegated the investigation to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the AAIB's investigation under the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Department of Transport Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot Hants GU11 2HH United Kingdom Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk
Aircraft
- Registration
- SE-RHX
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (86N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Viking Airline
- Registered owner
- Viking Airline
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Sharm-el-Sheik
- Destination
- Manchester
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Vienna