737 At Fl130 Liv To Jia

[CALCULATOR]

Was Flying My Caravan On Sat Afternoon From Fala To Maun And Heard A Boeing 737 Livingston To Jia At Fl 130.?? Southbound.callsign Aerospace 920.anyone With Info On This, Seems A Little Low For This Kind Of Bird???

[Shrike200]

Well, they obviously weren't under any kind of pressure..... ;)

[tinpis]

Both auto-pilots U/S.?
FL 250 is usual for this tho it may have been a nicer day lower.:hmm:

[putt for dough]

If there were pax onboard I doubt they had a presurisation
problem as FL130 would present the problem
of HYPOXIA to the average pax not used to altitude.

If it was just the crew it could of been the presurisation
issue, they would be far better suited to adapt to that type of
climate as crew are more adapted to altitude as we are
up there every day, so we adapt.

Who knows what happened though...

[Romeo E.T.]

Pressurization most likely if you correctly heard FL130, but it could also have been FL330, just you heard the words wrong possibly.

On the unpressurized thing I have flown a B737 DBN to JNB at FL110 due to no pressurization and beter than leave the aerie in DBN with insufficient maintenance I brought it to base. 3 minutes longer flying time and 300kg more fuel...thats all.

[I.R.PIRATE]

Was waiting for start at FAJS one day when the radar went u/s, more than one 737 left for Durban and elsewhere,VFR, between 115 and 195

[makeapullup]

ASAIK it was a pressurization problem. Acft was a B732.
Also skipped a hold due to fuel problems!

Cheers

PS Was i/b F140 (semi circular)