An Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 767-300, registration UK67003 performing flight HY-272 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Tashkent (Uzbekistan), was enroute at FL350 about 270nm east of Istanbul when the crew decided to return to Istanbul and initiated a rapid descent due to problems with the cabin pressure. The aircraft entered a hold near Ankara (Turkey), then carried on to Istanbul and landed safely back on Istanbul's runway 35R about 100 minutes after leaving FL350.

The airline indicated the aircraft returned to Istanbul due to technical malfucntion. A replacement aircraft will take the passengers to Taskent the following day as flight HY-8272.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Istanbul about 5 hours after landing.


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