- Date
- November 24, 2012, 16:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bogota, Colombia
- Injuries
- 116 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HP1371CMBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85840
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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 24 November, 2012, at approxiumately 1636 UTC time, a Boeing B737-7V3, registration HP1371CM, operated by Copa Airlines Columbia between Bogota and Cartegna, Coulmbia, experienced a depressurization while climbing through FL240 and the oxygen masks deplyed. The aiplane made an emergency descent and returned to Bogota. There were no injuries to the 6 crew or 110 passengers and the airplane was not damaged. The investigation is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Group of Columbia. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to the AAIG Columbia at: Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica Civil Avenida Eldorado # 103 - 23, Bogotá - Colombia investigacion.accide@aerocivil.gov.co
Aircraft
- Registration
- HP1371CM
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (7V3)
- Serial number
- 30049
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Copa Airlines Columbia