United B763 near Shannon on Oct 5th 2022, fuel leak

Last Update: October 6, 2022 / 15:38:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-928

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N666UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N666UA performing flight UA-928 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 157 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 580nm northwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Shannon due to a fuel leak on the upper side of the left hand wing. The aircraft landed safely on Shannon's runway 24 about 80 minutes after the decision to turn around. A runway inspection found no contamination.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N665UA positioned from Newark,NJ (USA) to Shannon, resumed the flight as UA-3039 and is estimated to reach Chicago with a delay of about 24 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Shannon about 24 hours later.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Fuel leak

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-928

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N666UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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