DCA11WA088

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Pemir, Latvia · July 26, 2011

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
July 26, 2011, 16:35 local (16:35 UTC)
Place
Pemir, Latvia
Injuries
144 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
YL-BBRBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
81156

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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 July 26, 2011, a Boeing 737-300, Latvian registration YL-BBR, operated by Air Baltic, experienced a depressurization while enroute from Antalya, Turkey, to Riga, Latvia. There were no injuries to the 6 crew and 138 passengers. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident Incident Investigation Bureau of the Republic of Latvia, www.taiib.gov.lv

Factual narrative

On July 26, 2011, a Boeing 737-300, Latvian registration YL-BBR, operated by Air Baltic, experienced a depressurization while enroute from Antalya, Turkey, to Riga, Latvia. There were no injuries to the 6 crew and 138 passengers. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident Incident Investigation Bureau of the Republic of Latvia, www.taiib.gov.lv

Aircraft

Registration
YL-BBR
Reported as
Boeing 737 (300)
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
LTAI · Antalya
Destination
EVRA · Riga
Flight plan
Unknown