United B763 near Port au Prince on Sep 26th 2017, hydraulic failure

Last Update: October 1, 2017 / 19:15:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-105

Aircraft Registration
N661UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N661UA performing flight UA-105 from Houston,TX (USA) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL330 about 30nm east of Port au Prince (Haiti) when the crew turned the aircraft around and considered to divert to Miami,FL (USA) but ultimately decided to return to Houston. The aircraft landed safely back in Houston about 3.5 hours later.

A passenger reported the crew indicated a hydraulic failure, they intended to divert to Miami but then decided to return to Houston.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 26, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-105

Aircraft Registration
N661UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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