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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-222 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N596UA |
| MSN: | 28749/794 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 131 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines Flight UA1579, a Boeing 757, was on a evacuated on a taxiway after the controller notified the crew of what appeared to be flames from one of the engines. The crew immediately deployed the slides and evacuated the aircraft.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-newark-idUSKBN18K06X
http://pix11.com/2018/04/27/__trashed-13/
FAA
Location
Media:
UA/1579 EWR to SFO was just evacuated. No visible signs of smoke or fire but the captain said we're evacuating and attendants popped slides pic.twitter.com/L7i7O6IZix
— Oliver Roup (@oroup) 24 mei 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2017 09:21 | harro | Added |
| 24-May-2017 18:00 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 24-May-2017 18:00 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2017 05:38 | BTD-1 | Updated [Location, ] |
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