Narrative:

Climbing out of mco on the A320, we had an ECAM bleed problem. Called maintenance control and he said to recycle various circuit breakers. The problem turned into a pressure problem and as we saw the cabin pressure rising above 7000 ft and climbing, I declared an emergency and started an emergency descent to 10000 ft. I also used my emergency authority/authorized to have the first officer push in the circuit breaker that maintenance control had told us to pull out. We descended to 10000 ft, called dispatch, and decided to proceed to msy instead of atl due to deteriorating WX in atl. Told the flight attendants the problem and the ETA to msy. Talked to the passenger and informed them about the problem and where we would be diverting to. Landed overweight at msy (151000 pounds) with less than 200 FPM vertical descent on the longest runway into the wind (runway 28). Maximum cabin altitude was a little over 10000 ft and the passenger oxygen masks did not deploy. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter advised the overweight landing was not by choice but because the A320 does not have a fuel dump system.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 ACFT EXPERIENCED ENG BLEED AIR AND PRESSURIZATION FAILURE AT FL310. DECLARED EMER, DSNDED AND DIVERTED TO MSY.

Narrative: CLBING OUT OF MCO ON THE A320, WE HAD AN ECAM BLEED PROB. CALLED MAINT CTL AND HE SAID TO RECYCLE VARIOUS CIRCUIT BREAKERS. THE PROB TURNED INTO A PRESSURE PROB AND AS WE SAW THE CABIN PRESSURE RISING ABOVE 7000 FT AND CLBING, I DECLARED AN EMER AND STARTED AN EMER DSCNT TO 10000 FT. I ALSO USED MY EMER AUTH TO HAVE THE FO PUSH IN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT MAINT CTL HAD TOLD US TO PULL OUT. WE DSNDED TO 10000 FT, CALLED DISPATCH, AND DECIDED TO PROCEED TO MSY INSTEAD OF ATL DUE TO DETERIORATING WX IN ATL. TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANTS THE PROB AND THE ETA TO MSY. TALKED TO THE PAX AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE PROB AND WHERE WE WOULD BE DIVERTING TO. LANDED OVERWT AT MSY (151000 LBS) WITH LESS THAN 200 FPM VERT DSCNT ON THE LONGEST RWY INTO THE WIND (RWY 28). MAX CABIN ALT WAS A LITTLE OVER 10000 FT AND THE PAX OXYGEN MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THE OVERWT LNDG WAS NOT BY CHOICE BUT BECAUSE THE A320 DOES NOT HAVE A FUEL DUMP SYS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.