ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199994
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| Date: | Monday 25 September 2017 |
| Time: | 15:46 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-924ER |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N69810 |
| MSN: | 42744/4733 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Rockford, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines flight UA246 was involved in an airprox incident with a glider near Rockford, Illinois, USA.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-924ER, was en route from Vancouver, Canada to Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that the plane encountered a glider near Rockford, IL at 15:46 CT and was forced to climb more than 100 metres to avoid a collision.
ADS-B flight tracking data show that at that time, the aircraft was descending through an altitude of 6800 feet in the vicinity of Rockford (42.6 NM north-west of O'Hare). The flight then climbed to about 7000 feet and continued towards O'Hare, were it landed at 16:02 hours local time.
A passenger on board the flight described the event as followed: "the right wing suddenly dropped out of nowhere and we made an extreme right turn”. This may refer to a tight right hand circle flown by the aircraft at 15:39 hours. ADS-B data indicate that the aircraft remained at FL100 during that manoeuvre.
Sources:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3769211/vancouver-flight-bound-for-chicago-makes-last-second-move-to-avoid-collision-with-glider/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL246/history/20170925/1604Z/CYVR/KORD
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2017 17:15 | harro | Added |
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