ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299489
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| Date: | Monday 17 October 2022 |
| Time: | 07:11 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-322ER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N661UA |
| MSN: | 27158/507 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines flight UA883, a Boeing 767-322ER, suffered a bird strike on departure from London-Heathrow Airport (LHR). The flight entered a holding pattern to the east of London before returning wit the affected engine shut down.
United Airlines said: "Our team at London Heathrow is providing assistance to customers of United flight 883 (London Heathrow-New York/Newark) today, which returned to Heathrow following a bird strike.
"The aircraft landed safely and passengers disembarked normally. We are making arrangements for our customers to complete their journeys as soon as possible."
Sources:
1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20142205/bird-strike-knocks-out-plane-engine/#Echobox=1666074737-1
2. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/terrifying-moment-bird-strike-knocks-28264344
3. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n661ua#2ddf6620
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 1997 | N661UA | United Airlines | 0 | San Francisco, CA |  |
non |
Media:
MULTI ADSBX MANOEUVRING ALERT : At time Mon Oct 17 08:51:34 2022 #UAL883 was likely to be manoeuvring at FL120 6nm from DVR Dover_VOR-DME_GB
— Radarspotters Assistant (@Radar_Assistant) October 17, 2022
near Waldershare Avenue, Worth, Sandwich Bay, Dover, Ke #AvGeek #ADSB https://t.co/ejDkYANoYs pic.twitter.com/imVrl1sTuN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2022 06:48 | harro | Added |
| 19-Oct-2022 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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