United B772 over Pacific on Aug 5th 2014, musical windshield

Last Update: August 7, 2014 / 21:52:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-200

Departure
Guam, GU, United States

Destination
Honolulu, United States

Aircraft Registration
N212UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N212UA performing flight UA-200 from Guam, GU to Honolulu,HI (USA) with 231 passengers, was enroute at FL370 about 900nm east of Guam about 2 hours into the flight when the crew decided to return to Guam due to a whistling windshield that made communication in the cockpit difficult. The aircraft landed safely back in Guam about 5 hours after departure.

The airline reported that an issue with a seal in the windshield had occurred.

Passengers reported the captain announced there was a high pitched very loud sound in the cockpit distracting the pilots, work that had been done to fix a windshield seal hadn't succeeded.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-200

Departure
Guam, GU, United States

Destination
Honolulu, United States

Aircraft Registration
N212UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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