ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87294
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| Date: | 03-JAN-2011 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-222ER |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N223UA |
| C/n / msn: | 30224/357 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 255 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | En route to Frankfurt (EDDF) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | KORD |
| EDDF |
Pilot of United Airlines flight 940 from Chicago to Frankfurt, spilled his coffee over the radio which then transmitted the distress code to alert that the aircraft had been hijacked. The radio was then inoperable. The flight was then diverted to Toronto CYYZ.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12121669
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/05/coffee-spill-causes-diversion-flight.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8242456/Hijack-alert-after-pilot-spills-coffee-on-controls.html
http://avherald.com/h?article=435ad471&opt=0 No mention of hijack code!!
Images:
Photo of N223UA courtesy AirHistory.net
London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)
14 January 2019; (c) Paul Seymour
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2011 00:05 | saf7670 | Added |
| 19-Jan-2011 18:47 | bizjets101 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2011 10:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source] |
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