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Over the Atlantic, Air Belgium's Freighter losses cabin pressure

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Air Belgium's A332 over the Atlantic losses cabin pressure An Air Belgium Airbus A330-200 freighter, registration OE-LAL performing flight KF-278 from Brussels (Belgium) to Cincinnati,KY (USA), was enroute at FL360 over the Atlantic Ocean about 290nm northwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and initiated an emergency descent to FL100 due to the loss of cabin pressure.  The aircraft turned around to return to Brussels, over Ireland exited controlled airspace to maintain FL100 (bottom of controlled airspace at FL120), entered a hold at Brussels to burn off fuel and landed safely on Brussels' runway 25R about 6:45 hours after departure and about 4:45 hours after leaving FL360. The aircraft remained on the ground in Brussels for about 65 hours, then departed again and reached Cincinnati with a delay of about 72 hours. Detailed flight information: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ABB278/history/20240228/2107Z/EBBR/ KCVG

Delta's engine ran roughly near Syracuse

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Delta A332 near Syracuse had its engine running rough  A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N861NW performing flight DL-86 from Detroit,MI (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 95 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 20nm north of Syracuse,NY (USA) when the crew entered a hold at altitude due to a problem with one of the engines (PW4168A).  The crew subsequently decided to divert to Syracuse and declared emergency advising they were to perform an overweight landing, one of their engines was running rough.  The aircraft landed safely on Syracuse's runway 28 about 45 minutes after entering the hold. The crew advised the engines were not that much of a concern, however, the brakes were a concern. A replacement A330-200, registration N860NW, positioned to Syracuse, continued the flight and is estimated to reach Frankfurt with a delay of about 10 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Syracuse about 15.5 hours after landing. Detailed flight informatio