- Date
- May 4, 2018
- Place
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZS-VDPBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97234
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Pressure/environ sys malf/failAll aircraft: 116 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of South Africa has informed the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737-300, which occurred on May 4, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist the CAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CAA of South Africa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-VDP
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27346
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport