United B772 over Pacific Ocean on Dec 31st 2015, smoke in cockpit, bird strike on touch down
Last Update: January 2, 2016 / 20:41:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-863
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
N783UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The remainder of the flight was cancelled.
A passenger reported that obviously there was some fire, quite obviously there was smoke in the cockpit. The inflight entertainment system and cabin lights went out, an announcement indicated they were diverting to Kona. The fire apparently was put out, the passengers in the forward cabin were distributed to the aft cabin with cabin crew telling them the seats in the forward cabin could no longer be put upright for landing. Some time later the crew advised that they were now diverting to Honolulu.
On Jan 2nd 2015 the passenger reported, that 24 hours after landing the captain did not accept the occurrence aircraft to continue the flight to Sydney. The airline finally gave notice that replacement aircraft have been dispatched to continue the flight.
Two Boeing 777-200s registrations N206UA and N221UA have been dispatched to Honolulu to continue the flight as flights UA-2102 and UA-2103. UA-2102 is estimated to reach Sydney with a delay of 36.5 hours, UA-2103 is estimated to arrive in Sydney with a delay of 46 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Honolulu 31 hours after landing (standing Jan 2nd 2016 20:40z).
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-863
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
N783UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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