Incident: Aerosur B733 near Rio Branco on Jul 23rd 2010, loss of cabin pressure [UPDATE]

23.07.2010 - 18:18

An Aerosur Boeing 737-300, registration CP-2595 performing flight 5L-558 from Miami,FL (USA) to Santa Cruz Viru Viru (Bolivia) with 122 people on board, was enroute near Rio Branco,AC (Brazil) when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to loss of cabin pressure and diverted to Rio Branco for a safe landing. The airplane carried a group of young people from Paraguay and was scheduled to continue to Asuncion (Paraguay) as flight 5L-556. Aerosur have dispatched a replacement aircraft to Rio Branco which is currently expected to reach Santa Cruz and Asuncion with a delay of 8 hours. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBeb004f Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login