United B772 over Atlantic on Apr 8th 2013, a hot oven

Last Update: April 8, 2013 / 22:32:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 8, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-940

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N773UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N773UA performing flight UA-940 (dep Apr 7th) from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL370 about 700nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew declared emergency reporting an oven in a galley had overheated raising concern this could develop into a fire. The aircraft turned around and diverted to St. John's for a safe landing on runway 29 about 2 hours later and stopped on the turn area at the end of runway 29, where emergency services checked the aircraft before it backtracked the runway to the apron.

The onward flight to Frankfurt was cancelled.

The aircraft was able to depart St. John's about 4:20 hours after landing and flew to Newark,NJ (USA) as flight UA-1753.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N773UA
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Number of Seats
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B772
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 8, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-940

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N773UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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