# NTSB DCA10WA060: Boeing 737, Vienna, Austria, May 8, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 8, 2010, 00:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place: Vienna, Austria
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA060

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331); cases with it: [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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