Blog #5: 01/13/23: Aviation Blog - 767 Suffers Nav Failure
Hi! Today’s aviation news features United Airlines’ Boeing 767-300ER! Welcome back to another episodic blog of Brooke In The Air!
Today’s (01/13/2023) blog features Aviation News! We’re once more going back to what Brooke In The Air is all about! Commercial aviation!
Stock Boeing 767-300 as delivered to Delta Airlines. Registry N130DL
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Reported today, a Boeing 767-300ER, flight UA940, registered as N663UA flying from United’s hub at Newark-Liberty International Airport to London-Heathrow on January 6th at 22;00 UTC. The crew stopped the climb to 17,000 feet at 14,000 feet. The crew made two complete circles above the New York City and Bedford, Connecticut area before dumping fuel and landing safely. The passengers, after deplaning back at Newark, were ushered back into the airport. United Airlines, for its part, wheeled up a brand new (comparatively) replacement 767-300ER, registered N67UA. The passengers reached Heathrow with a delay of only about three hours.
United Airlines accidented aircraft, 767-300 N663UA
The affected 767 was on the ground for another 9 hours, but was then returned to service with a comparatively very quick turnaround time, ready for an early morning flight at 0900 on January 7th. This particular jet is about 30 years old, delivered to United Airlines in August of 1993 and had questionable maintenance on its older equipment (as opposed to the much newer 787 Dreamliner). This aircraft was reconfigured from a two-class configuration of 30 Business and 184 Economy class seats to a three-class configuration of 46 Business class, 22 Premium Economy, and 99 Economy-class seats.
While not having many incidents over its life, the last recorded incident was a loss of flight controls at 35,000 feet above the Labrador Sea on June 12th, 2015 about 210 nautical miles north-northeast of Goose Bay, Newfoundland in Canada.
