United B772 at Newark on Oct 16th 2016, could not pressurize

Last Update: October 17, 2016 / 21:49:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-90

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N27015

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N27015 performing flight UA-90 (scheduled dep Oct 15th, actual dep. Oct 16th) from Newark,NJ (USA) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was climbing out of Newark's runway 22R when the crew requested to level off at 8000 feet reporting they had pressurization problems. The aircraft entered a hold for 35 minutes while the crew attempted unsuccessfully to resolve problem and dumped fuel. The aircraft returned to Newark for a safe landing on runway 22R about 55 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 12 hours, performed a test flight but needed to return again and returned to service about 39 hours after landing back as UA-90.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-90

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N27015

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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