United B763 over Atlantic on Sep 23rd 2024, smoke on board

Last Update: October 23, 2024 / 19:30:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-956

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Geneva, Switzerland

Aircraft Registration
N663UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N663UA performing flight UA-956 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Geneva (Switzerland), was enroute at FL350 about 360nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to St. John's reporting smoke on board. The aircraft descended to FL320 and landed safely on St. John's runway 28 about one hour later.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N661UA positioned to St. John's and departed to continue the flight about 34 hours after landing of N663UA.

The occurence aircraft remained on the ground in St. John's until Sep 26th 2024.

On Oct 23rd 2024 the Canadian TSB reported that during cruise cabin crew noticed a burning smell mid-cabin. After working the non-normal checklists the crew coordinated with flight dispatch and diverted to St. John's where the aircraft landed without further incident. Troubleshooting was under way.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-956

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Geneva, Switzerland

Aircraft Registration
N663UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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