United B763 near Halifax on Jun 13th 2012, cargo door indication

Last Update: June 22, 2012 / 20:43:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-952

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N660UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N660UA performing flight UA-952 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL330 about 155nm southwest of Halifax,NS (Canada) and 220nm east of Boston,MA (USA) when the crew reported a maintenance issue and requested to divert to Boston. A short time later the crew declared emergency reporting a cargo door indication. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 15R about 45 minutes after turning around.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The incident aircraft was able to resume service as flight UA-1759 about 20.5 hours after landing.

The Canadian TSB reported on Jun 22nd that the crew received a "FWD CARGO DOOR" EICAS message with no pressurization issues being observed and actioned the relevant checklists without success. The crew declared emergency and diverted to Boston for an overweight landing. The forward cargo door was found properly closed by maintenance on the ground, a loose connector in the forward cargo door wire bundles was identified however as well as failed proximity switch. The switch was replaced, the connector secured and the door tested with full electrical and indication operation confirmed.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2012

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-952

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N660UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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