United B738 near Vancouver on Aug 3rd 2014, lavatory smoke indication

Last Update: August 12, 2014 / 19:23:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1126

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Anchorage, United States

Aircraft Registration
N24224

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A United Boeing 737-800, registration N24224 performing flight UA-1126 from Denver,CO to Anchorage,AK (USA) with 126 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 120nm northwest of Vancouver,BC (Canada) when the crew received a right aft lavatory smoke indication and decided to divert to Vancouver, where the aircraft landed safely on Vancouver's runway 26R about 30 minutes later. Once on the ground the crew advised there was no visible smoke, flames or haze on board.

The Canadian TSB reported the crew pulled the pin on the fire extinguisher but did not discharge the extinguisher. Maintenance examined the lavatory after landing and found no trace of fire, heat or smoke. The smoke detector was deactivated by pulling its cannon plug and the circuit breaker for hot water pulled according to minimum equipment list, the fire extinguisher was replaced, then the aircraft was released to continue the flight. The smoke detector was replaced the following day.

The occurrence aircraft reached Anchorage with a delay of 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 3, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1126

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Anchorage, United States

Aircraft Registration
N24224

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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