How anti-drug inspections led to 737 depressurisation and diversion
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27th April 2021
While all oxygen masks deployed, two rows of passengers damaged the devices and had to be moved to different seats during the emergency
An Avior Airlines Boeing 737 experienced a sudden depressurisation after loose material in the tail of the aircraft blocked outflow valves, an investigation by Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has found.
Avior Airlines currently holds a fleet comprising 11 Boeing 737s.
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The jet – which was flying Flight 1521 between Lima/Jorge Chávez and Caracas/Simón Bolívar – suffered a loss of cabin pressure while en route at 33,000ft. In coordination with air traffic control, an emergency descent was initiated to 19,000ft, which was the minimum safe altitude over the Andes mountains.
The âCarolina Canaryâ is not a bird, but a beautifully restored and maintained, all-yellow high-winged airplane owned and flown by Jim Zazas, of Carthage.
Owner Jim Zazas celebrated the 75th birthday of his âbirdâ with a few close friends and some airport staff. He had a cake made with an edible photo of the airplane in the frosting. There was a large number 75 on it. The candles were lit inside the airport terminal, and Zazas backed into the propellor-wash (a friend was in the cockpit monitoring the running engine and riding the brakes) to allow the airplane to blow out its own candles.
SHANNON KELLY
The (Lynchburg) News & Advance
Parker Middleton has been involved with aviation from an early age, accompanying his father, Capt. Robert Middleton III, in the sky and to airports for as long as he can remember.
The Lynchburg-area father and son, both pilots with Piedmont Airlines, had a full-circle experience when they served as co-pilots on their first commercial flight together in March.
âItâs probably the high point of my career,â said Robert Middleton of the professional flight with his son.
Parker felt mutually honored to have shared the cockpit with his father as an equal.
âIt was a very big milestone in my career,â he said. âI feel like I had made it to a point that Iâve been working really hard for many years to get to.â
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