United B763 over Atlantic on Dec 22nd 2012, clogged fuel filter
Last Update: January 4, 2013 / 20:34:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-904
Departure
Newark, United States
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
N670UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N676UA reached Istanbul as flight UA-1755 with a delay of 28 hours.
The incident aircraft positioned to Newark as flight UA-6650 on Dec 24th and is currently estimated to resume service in the late evening of Dec 26th.
The Canadian TSB reported on Jan 4th 2013, that the crew received an intermittent "L ENG FUEL FILTER" EICAS message and decided to divert to the nearest suitable airport St. John's and declared emergency due to an overweight landing. Maintenance checked the left engine's fuel filter but found nothing wrong. Nonetheless the filter and the pressure differential switch were replaced.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 22, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-904
Departure
Newark, United States
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
N670UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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