United B753 over Pacific on Feb 14th 2015, burning odour on board

Last Update: February 15, 2015 / 23:06:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1716

Departure
Honolulu, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N74856

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

A United Boeing 757-300, registration N74856 performing flight UA-1716 from Honolulu,HI to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 207 passengers and 7 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 450nm northeast of Kahului,HI (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Kahului due to a burning odour on board. The aircraft turned around, descended to FL240 and later to 12,000 feet. About 60nm northeast of Kahului the crew decided to divert to Honolulu due to weather conditions at Kahului and landed safely back in Honolulu about 1:45 hours after the decision to divert.

The flight was cancelled.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-1716

Departure
Honolulu, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N74856

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

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