US Airways B762 near Manchester on Dec 27th 2012, air conditioning problem

Last Update: December 27, 2012 / 18:27:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 27, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-711

Aircraft Registration
N246AY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200

ICAO Type Designator
B762

A US Airways Boeing 767-200, registration N246AY performing flight US-711 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 25nm southeast of Manchester,EN (UK) when the crew decided to divert to Manchester reporting problems with the air conditioning on board. The aircraft descended normally to FL100 and entered a hold for about 2.5 hours to burn off fuel and commenced a safe landing at Manchester about 2:50 hours after leaving FL340.

The air conditioning was quickly repaired, however, a preflight inspection revealed a further fault with the gear doors delaying departure for another hour.

The aircraft was able to depart after 2 hours on the ground in Manchester and is currently enroute to Boston,MA (USA) where an additional intermediate stop is necessary due to crew duty time limitation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 27, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-711

Aircraft Registration
N246AY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200

ICAO Type Designator
B762

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