DCA11WA062

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing B737 · Dublin, Ireland · May 20, 2011

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
May 20, 2011, 21:10 local (21:10 UTC)
Place
Dublin, Ireland
Injuries
66 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
EI-DLIBoeing B737
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
79214

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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.

Factual narrative

On May 20, 2011 at 2110 UTC, a Boeing 737-800, Irish registration EI-DLI, operated by Ryanair, experienced a depressurization when enroute from Liverpool England, to Dublin Ireland. There were no injuries to the 6 crew and 60 passengers, and the airplane was not damaged. The event is being investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Unit of Ireleand. www.aaiu.gov.ie

Aircraft

Registration
EI-DLI
Reported as
Boeing B737 (800)
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Ryanair
Registered owner
Ryanair
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Liverpool
Destination
Dublin
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
Dublin