United B772 over Atlantic on Feb 8th 2013, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: February 11, 2013 / 14:45:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-935
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N206UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The aircraft is still on the ground 7 hours after landing.
Passengers reported the crew announced there was smoke coming from a panel in the cockpit. The aircraft dumped fuel and diverted to Shannon. About 4 hours after landing the flight was cancelled, the passengers were taken to hotels. Passengers were advised the flight will depart Shannon on Feb 9th 11:00L and reach Los Angeles with a delay of about 24 hours.
The incident aircraft attempted to resume the flight on Feb 9th and was cleared for takeoff from runway 24 at 15:00L (15:00Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed reporting they had received some message. The aircraft returned to the gate, the flight was cancelled a second time.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N222UA was dispatched to Shannon on Feb 10th and reached Los Angeles with a delay of 48.5 hours.
The incident aircraft positioned to Washington Dulles,DC (USA) as flight UA-6872 on Feb 10th.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-935
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N206UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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