{"id":27393,"date":"2022-10-13T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27393"},"modified":"2022-10-13T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:46:11","slug":"croatia-airlines-dash-8-aircraft-returns-to-zagreb-airport-with-pressurization-problems-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/13\/croatia-airlines-dash-8-aircraft-returns-to-zagreb-airport-with-pressurization-problems-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia Airlines Dash 8 aircraft returns to Zagreb Airport with pressurization problems| Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Croatia Airlines Dash 8 Q400 returned to Zagreb Airport, but a replacement aircraft was readily available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday 11th October, a\u00a0Croatia Airlines<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Dash 8 Q400\u00a0aircraft had to return to\u00a0Franjo Tu\u0111man Airport Zagreb (ZAG)\u00a0due to a cabin pressurization issue. The aircraft in question bears the registration 9A-CQA and was flying the evening rotation from Zagreb to\u00a0Munich Airport (MUC)\u00a0under flight number OU436.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The crew stopped climbing at FL140 when the pressurization issue became evident and returned the aircraft to Zagreb 34 minutes after take-off. Incidents with Croatia Airlines <\/a><\/strong>are rare: in over 30 years of flying, the Croatian flag carrier has had no crashes or fatal incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortly after their return to Zagreb, passengers on plane OU436 were put on a replacement aircraft that Croatia Airlines had available since it entered the post-peak season phase of its annual fleet utilization program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From early October, Croatia Airlines has spare capacity most days of the week for at least half of the day. This includes both its Dash 8 Q400 fleet and its Airbus A320 family fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zagreb Airport<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The replacement aircraft, carrying the registration 9A-CQE took off from Zagreb Airport<\/a><\/strong> at 20:41, coming at Munich Airport some 120 minutes behind schedule. It operated the return flight with a smaller delay, returning to Zagreb from Munich with a delay of just 80 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reduction in delay was achieved thanks to the long turnover time that Croatia Airlines always has on its evening rotation to Munich. The outbound leg, from ZAG to MUC, departs Zagreb at 18:45 after Croatia Airlines\u2019 regional feeder flights come to feed the early-evening departure wave out of Zagreb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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