United B752 near New York on Jan 17th 2013, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: January 20, 2013 / 20:16:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 17, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-512
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N560UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N510UA reached San Francisco with a delay of 2:50 hours.
A passenger reported the aircraft entered clouds at about 4000 feet, the flight became slightly turbulent. At about that time noise and a flash of light came from the left hand engine, the flashes and minor noise repeated a number of times. A short time later the captain announced the left hand engine had been shut down and they were returning to JFK. A different aircraft took them to San Francisco.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 17, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-512
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N560UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
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