United B789 near Noumea on Mar 25th 2019, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: March 25, 2019 / 22:59:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-99
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N15969
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
The airline reported the aircraft and passengers will need to spend the night in Noumea. A replacement aircraft is to position to Noumea to pick up the passengers, the occurrence aircraft will position to Los Angeles without passengers.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-99
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N15969
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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