United B744 near Portland on Jun 19th 2016, smell of smoke from aft galley

Last Update: June 21, 2016 / 21:41:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-893

Departure
Seoul, South Korea

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N107UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A United Boeing 747-400, registration N107UA performing flight UA-893 from Seoul (South Korea) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 160nm southwest of Portland,OR (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Portland reporting passengers had smelled smoke in the aft cabin near the aft galley. The aircraft landed safely on Portland's runway 10R about 25 minutes later. Emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke. The aircraft taxied to the apron.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 9 hours then continued to San Francisco arriving at the destination with a delay of 9:20 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-893

Departure
Seoul, South Korea

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N107UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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