ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237641
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 2020 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N27958 |
| MSN: | 36406/342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA) -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
| San Francisco International Airport (SFO/KSFO), CA, USA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of United Airlines, N27958 forced to return to Tokyo/Narita three times in successive flights in a couple of days due to the same reason, malfunction of the slat of the left wing. The first incident was on the morning of 2nd July when the airplane operated a cargo flight UAL/UA2822 from Tokyo/Narita, Japan to Beijing, China. After 50 minutes from takeoff at 09:25 LT, the 787 declared emergency and turned back to Narita at 10:46 LT. The second incident was on the afternoon of 2nd July, another cargo flight UAL/UA2770 from Narita to San Francisco, CA, USA which took off at 13:47 LT, and landed back at 15:21 LT with emergency declaration. The third one occurred on 3rd July, again on UAL/UA2770, took off at 13:02 LT and landed back at 13:56 LT with emergency. No injuries were reported in all three flights. The runway of Narita was temporary closed after each landing for 13 minutes in total.
Sources:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/69ae1833454d0f24a89996c68e58c3482fc28d11
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/668ae45ede49535f7937436d1586d8e0659f5061
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/462ee2d4790c79648f653b536299e87be2ac7d6a
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b27d29bf6f3286ce1cfaf61939af722db5711f04
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/366e681fb427e5c21437afc2d2f6be8e64634d32
https://www.flightradar24.com/2020-07-02/01:00/12x/UAL2822/24d47370 (1st incident)
https://www.flightradar24.com/2020-07-02/05:27/12x/UAL2770/24d4bc9d (2nd incident)
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n27958#24d6f3a3
https://www.flightradar24.com/2020-07-03/04:20/12x/UAL2770/24d6f3a3 (3rd incident)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 2015 | N27958 | United Airlines | 0 | Beaumont, Texas |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
| 4 July 2016 | N27958 | United Airlines | 0 | 26nm northeast of Sydney |  |
min |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2020 13:39 | isamuel | Added |
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