Delta B744 near Seattle on May 30th 2016, dual FMS failure

Last Update: June 23, 2016 / 20:15:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-167

Aircraft Registration
N662US

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration N662US performing flight DL-167 from Seattle,WA (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 364 people on board, was enroute at FL320 about 220nm northwest of Seattle in Canadian Airspace, when the crew declared emergency reporting both flight management system (FMS) navigation equipments had failed. The aircraft entered a hold south of Vancouver Island (Canada) to dump fuel and returned to Seattle for a safe landing about 2 hours after departure.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance replaced the #1 FMS. The aircraft returned to service the following day.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-167

Aircraft Registration
N662US

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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