United B738 near Denver on Sep 25th 2019, clinging lavatory
Last Update: September 26, 2019 / 20:03:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-1554
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N79541
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline confirmed a lavatory door malfunctioned trapping a female passenger inside the lavatory. After the landing the passenger was safely released from the lavatory.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N73270 continued the flight and reached San Francisco with a delay of of about 2:45 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 18.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-1554
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N79541
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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