United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 3rd 2020, leading edge flaps trouble

Last Update: July 3, 2020 / 15:49:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Departure
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N27958

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N27958 performing freight flight UA-2770 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 4 crew, was climbing out of Tokyo's Narita Airport when the crew stopped the climb at FL290 due to a problem with the left hand leading edge flaps. The aircraft returned to Narita Airport for a safe landing at a higher than normal speed about 2 hours after departure.

The aircraft had attempted two flights the previous day, remained on the ground for about 21.5 hours, then departed for the occurrence flight, see also Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 2nd 2020, leading edge flaps trouble, Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 2nd 2020, leading edge flaps trouble.

The aircraft is still on the ground 10 hours after the second return to Narita.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Departure
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N27958

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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