Boeing 737 LN-RPS

Summary

On 4 April 2012 at about 09:50 local time, a Boeing 737 registered LN-RPS, operated by Scandinavian Airlines System, was involved in an incident near Umea, Sweden. 122 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 April 2012 at 09:50

Classification

Incident

Location

Umea, Sweden

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

LN-RPS

Operator

Scandinavian Airlines System

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA12WA061

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On April 4, 2012, at approximately 0950 UTC, a B737-600, registration LN-RPS, operated by Scandinavian Airlines, experienced a failure of the left bleed system while climbing through flight level (FL) 370. The climb continued with only the right system operational to FL410. While at FL410, the right bleed system also failed. An emergency descent to 10,000 feet was initiated, and oxygen masks were deployed. The flight diverted to Umeå, Sweden(ESNU). There was no damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the 6 crew and 116 passengers. The investigation is being conducted by the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority at: Swedish Accident Investigation Board P.O. Box 12538 SE-102 29 Stockholm Website: http://www.havkom.se

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.