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.
Aircraft Registration Data
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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