United B789 at London on Apr 14th 2022, indicator light needed maintenance

Last Update: April 15, 2022 / 15:53:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-26

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N27957

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N27957 performing flight UA-26 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Denver,CO (USA), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb at FL110, entered a hold to dump fuel and returned to London Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27R about 75 minutes after departure.

The airline told passengers: "UA26 returned to London because our maintenance team needed to service an indicator light."

A passenger overheard talks by officials that the nose gear did not indicate retracted.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 25 hours, then departed as flight UA-2750 to Denver.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-26

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N27957

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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