United B763 near Nashville on May 7th 2016,electrical burning odour in cabin
Last Update: May 30, 2016 / 22:43:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-879
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Houston Intercontinental, United States
Aircraft Registration
N653UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A passenger reported the electrical odour was first noticed in the back of the cabin when the aircraft was about to leave Canadian Airspace and enter US Airspace. The passengers were asked to check their belongings for any hot electronic devices. The search, lasting for about one hour, was without success and could not identify the source of the smell, therefore the crew decided to divert to Nashville. The crew subsequently ran of crew duty time. A replacement Boeing 737 was dispatched to Nashville to pick the passengers up. About 2-3 hours into the wait at Nashville the captain announced that the cause of the odour had been found, a burnt fan motor in the aircraft's air conditioning system.
A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration N77430 was dispatched to Nashville, resumed the flight as UA-2056 and reached Houston with a total delay of 8 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-879
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Houston Intercontinental, United States
Aircraft Registration
N653UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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