5 January 2014

Singapore flight SQ-317 , Airbus A380 registration 9V-SKE from London to Singapore with 494 people on board it was en route at cruising altitude FL370 and over Azerbaijan when airplane lost pressurization.Oxygen masks deployed , the crew made a rapid descent to 10000 feet and diverted to Baku for a safe landing.After checks they found damage to the upper forward corner of door MD3L

On the previous flight leg into London, there was a noise reported from this door, which was subjected to a detailed visual inspection with no findings

 

9V-SKE

© Fabian Dirscherl

First Flight:21-12-2007

Age:6.1 years

 

Baku airport

 

Source

French BEA weekly bulletin