United A320 near Los Angeles on Mar 8th 2024, hydraulic failure

Last Update: March 9, 2024 / 16:09:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-821

Aircraft Registration
N485UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A United Airbus A320-200, registration N485UA performing flight UA-821 from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Mexico City (Mexico) with 105 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 460nm southeast of Los Angeles,CA (USA) in Mexican Airspace when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Los Angeles reporting a hydraulic failure. The aircraft descended to FL360 and landed safely on Los Angeles' runway 25L about 80 minutes after turning around.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration N478UA reached Mexico City with a delay of about 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 16 hours after landing.

The airline reported it was only an issue with one of the three hydraulic systems on board.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-821

Aircraft Registration
N485UA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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