United B772 near Halifax on Aug 5th 2014, burning odour in aft cabin
Last Update: August 12, 2014 / 18:51:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 5, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-999
Departure
Newark, United States
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
N780UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
Passengers reported there was odour of burning plastics near the aft galley, presumably originating from a galley oven possibly as result of a short circuit. Two cabin crew arrived with fire extinguishers, shut the galley down and examined the galley. A short time later the captain announced that a fire in the aft galley had been put out and they were diverting to Halifax.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N783UA was dispatched to Halifax and reached Brussels with a delay of 7.5 hours.
Neither Transport Canada (Transport Ministry), NAV Canada (Air Traffic Service Provider) nor the Canadian TSB (Accident Investigation) have yet reported the occurrence in Canada's reporting system, even though the occurrence made global media headlines reported as an open/raging fire in the cabin (without these media reports The Aviation Herald would not even have mentioned the occurrence until the Canadian TSB reported the circumstances of the occurrence).
On Aug 12th 2014 the Canadian TSB reported that the internal fan of the oven showed signs of overheating, after the inspection the aircraft ferried back to Washington. The crew had reported a fire in the aft galley oven, fire extinguishers were discharged, the aircraft diverted to Halifax for a safe overweight landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 5, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-999
Departure
Newark, United States
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
N780UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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