Fiji Airways says one of its planes has landed normally in Honolulu after a loss of pressurisation on a flight from Kiribati.
Fiji masi design Fiji Airways Photo: Alex Perrottet/RNZ
Oxygen masks dropped down due to the loss of cabin pressure on the Boeing 737-700 which was carrying 73 passengers and six crew.
FJ822 Update: Aircraft landed normally, all customers assisted w/ re-bookings, requests. More - https://t.co/3npEVr8OZE Travel Alerts page. https://t.co/FanLWCtCTR
— Fiji Airways (@FijiAirways) October 10, 2017
Fiji Airways said its engineers were working with Boeing to return the aircraft to active service.
It said the crew followed standard operating procedures and made a rapid descent to 10,000 feet before continuing to the Hawaiian capital.
