United B788 enroute on Sep 10th 2023, cooling system issue
Last Update: September 30, 2023 / 14:46:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-769
Departure
Chicago O'hare, United States
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N27901
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
A passenger reported: "6 hour flight to nowhere - on reaching Airspace over Nova Scotia, performed a U-turn and returned to ORD. Any idea what that was about?"
NAV Canada reported: "A United Airlines Inc. Boeing 787-8 (N27901/UAL769) from Chicago/O’Hare, IL (KORD) to Barcelona/Josep Tarradellas, Spain (LEBL) advised they needed to turn around due to a cooling system issue that could turn into a pressurization issue. They advised below FL350 and it should not be an issue."
A replacement Boeing 787-8 registration N27903 reached Barcelona with a delay of 24 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-769
Departure
Chicago O'hare, United States
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N27901
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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