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| Date: | Friday 26 July 2024 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-824(WL) |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N35260 |
| MSN: | 30855/862 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 106 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | 840 km south of Tokyo, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guam/Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (GUM/PGUM), USA |
| Tokyo International Airport/Haneda (HND/RJTT), Japan |
United Airlines' UAL/UA849 from Guam, USA to Tokyo/Haneda, Japan, a Boeing 737-824, suffered unreliable airspeed indication on the captain's side pitot tube while en route over Pacific Ocean at 20:15 Japan Standard Time. The flight crew declared an emergency, and continuted to the destination where a safe landing was carried out at 21:30 LT.
This perticular aircraft suffered again the same problem on the return leg UAL/UA848 next morning, and was forced to turn back to Haneda.
Sources:
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20240729-OYT1T50258/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n35260#36556d7f
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 2024 | N35260 | United Airlines | 0 | 450 km south-southeast of Tokyo, Japan | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2024 12:08 | isamuel | Added |
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