ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279284
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 June 2022 |
| Time: | 23:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-175SU |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-FRQW |
| MSN: | 17000154 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | S of Montreal, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL) |
| Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Jazz Aviation Embraer ERJ-175 was conducting flight AC8944 from Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl. (CYUL), QC to Newark Liberty Intl. (KEWR), NJ. During climb through 16000 feet, flight crew noticed cabin pressure was not increasing nor decreasing. Also, the flight crew started to feel symptoms of hypoxia. As a precaution, they donned oxygen masks,
performed an emergency descent to 9000 feet and communicated with ATC. The flight did not declare an emergency and then diverted back to CYUL at 9000 feet where it landed without further incident.
Maintenance did not find fault leading to this event.
Sources:
TSB
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-frqw#2c2bbbb5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 08:26 | harro | Added |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:27 | harro | Updated |
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