United B763 near London on Jun 2nd 2013, malfunctioning aileron

Last Update: June 3, 2013 / 14:55:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 2, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-973

Aircraft Registration
N658UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N658UA performing flight UA-973 from Brussels (Belgium) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL300 about 40nm northwest of Cardiff,WL (UK) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to London Heathrow due to a malfunctioning left hand aileron. The aircraft dumped fuel and landed safely on Heathrow's runway 27R about 75 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N653UA reached Chicago with a delay of 4:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 2, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-973

Aircraft Registration
N658UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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