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Serious Incident to the Airbus A319 registered F-GRHS and operated by Air France, on 07/11/2016 at Geneva [Investigation led by STSB / Switzerland]

Panne de préssurisation, message d'urgence, descente d'urgence

Responsible entity

Switzerland - AAIB

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Swiss authorities :

Due to a pressure regulator bleed valve failure on the engine number one, the aircraft was scheduled for a ferry flight to Paris Charles-de Gaulle Airport. During that ferry flight a leak of bleed air has been detected on the engine number 2, the cabin altitude raised and the crew decided to divert to Geneva Airport.