ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172372
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 December 2014 |
| Time: | 11:08 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-424ER |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N59053 |
| MSN: | 29448/809 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 240 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A U.S.-bound United Airlines flight with 240 people aboard has returned to London's Heathrow airport, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, after an unspecified maintenance issue forced it to circle for hours above the English Channel on Wednesday.
Flight UA28 to Newark, New Jersey, operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, had been circling off the south coast of England for more than four hours before it landed at Heathrow at about 1746 London time
Earlier, United said in a statement: "United Airlines flight UA28 ... with 227 customers and a crew of 13 on board, is returning to Heathrow because of a maintenance issue." It did not elaborate the reasons for this
It was later disclosed the cabin failed to pressurize.
Sources:
1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2877722/Footage-shows-fuel-dump-English-Channel-London-New-York-flight-carrying-240-people-spends-five-hours-circling-fault.html
2. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/united-airlines-ua28-mystery-four-hour-flight-over-channel-not-unusual-says-heathrow-airport-1479976
3. https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-britain-airplane-unitedairlines-idUSKBN0JV1E120141217_
4. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/17/ua28-flight_n_6340096.html
5. http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-12-17/united-airlines-flight-returns-to-heathrow-after-maintenance-issue/
6. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/united-airlines-emergency-recap-updates-4827405
7. http://avherald.com/h?article=47ef4f43&opt=0
8. http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b767-29448.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 2015 | N59053 | United Airlines | 0 | near Honolulu Airport, Oahu, HI |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
| 6 March 2016 | N59053 | United Airlines | 0 | Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) | |
unk |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Media:
Flying in circles for bloody 5 hours!! #UA28 pic.twitter.com/k4i6Qb8mPe
— Marcus Mollinga (@Marcus_Mollinga) December 17, 2014UDPATE: Flight #UA28 Returning to London estimate time 3pm GMT pic.twitter.com/UkrKnJyM4c - @FlightCrisis
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 17, 2014United flight #UA28 is safe on ground at Heathrow airport after 4 h 45 min. pic.twitter.com/lrZgM4dA0L
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 17, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2014 14:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Dec-2014 23:30 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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