Serious Incident to an Airbus A340 operated by Virgin Atlantic Airways on 24/02/2017 en route [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Controlled descent from the cruise due to pressurisation fault. A number of the crew reported being temporarily affected.

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General information
Local date	24/02/2017
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	North Atlantic Ocean
Location	En croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0114

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A340
Aircraft Registration	G-VGAS
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR): London/Heathrow
Planned destination	United States of America - KJFK (JFK) [JFK]New York,Ny/John F Kennedy Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	639
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.