United B763 near Glasgow on Dec 15th 2019, fuel leak
Last Update: December 16, 2019 / 22:42:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-986
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N642UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft remained on the ground for 27 hours, then departed for Chicago as flight UA-2768 but suffered another fuel leak and needed to divert to Shannon, see Incident: United B763 near Shannon on Dec 16th 2019, suspected fuel leak.
The aircraft had already suffered another fuel leak a month ago, see Incident: United B763 near Shannon on Nov 18th 2019, fuel leak.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Fuel leak
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-986
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N642UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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