TK 737 escorted to VIE airport

[JustPrivatePilot]

Just read in the news that a 737 from frankfurt to istanbul had to divert to Vienna airport, being escorted by two Austrian fighter jets....

Flight was TK1618

Link (sorry, in German):
Entführungsalarm: Turkish Airlines 737 außerplanmäßig in Wien gelandet | Austrian Wings (http://www.austrianwings.info/2014/11/entfuehrungsalarm-turkish-airlines-maschine-in-wien-notgelandet/)

[sleeper]

Vienna Airport told AustrianWings, that the aircraft had lost cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks had been released as well. The aircraft landed safely in Vienna, there were no injuries, one person however received medical assistance due to blood pressure problems.






Incident: THY B738 near Salzburg on Nov 28th 2014, cabin pressure problems (http://avherald.com/h?article=47df1a6d)

[Air Smolik]

It appears, during their emergency descent, they've accidentally set transponder code to 7500 instead of 7700. That's why they have been escorted by army fighters.

[barit1]

There seems to a relatively slow depressurization - the crew seem to have little urgency in the descent. It will be interesting to see what the cause and timeline are in this case.