# NTSB DCA13WA042: Boeing 737, Genoa, Italy, January 23, 2013

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 23, 2013, 09:47 local (09:47 UTC)
- Place: Genoa, Italy
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 97 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA042

## 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) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On 23 January 2013, at about 0947 UTC time, a Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DCX, operated by RyanAir, declared an emergency and diverted into Genoa, Italy, after experiencing a pressurization problem on both systems. Two passengers sustained minor injuries and the airplane was not damaged. The investigation is being conducted by the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) of Italy. 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 ANSV Italy at: ANSV Via Attilio Benigni n. 53, 00156 Roma Telefono 06/82078206 Fax 06/8273672 E-mail info@ansv.it

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-DCX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8AS)
- Serial number: 33569
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Ryan International Airlines Inc

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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