Created Wednesday, Sep 25th 2024 11:46Z, last updated Wednesday, Oct 23rd 2024 19:30Z
A United Boeing 767-300, registration N663UA performing flight
UA-956 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Geneva (Switzerland), was enroute at FL350 about 360nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to St. John's reporting smoke on board. The aircraft descended to FL320 and landed safely on St. John's runway 28 about one hour later.
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N661UA positioned to St. John's and departed to continue the flight about 34 hours after landing of N663UA.
The occurence aircraft remained on the ground in St. John's until Sep 26th 2024.
On Oct 23rd 2024 the Canadian TSB reported that during cruise cabin crew noticed a burning smell mid-cabin. After working the non-normal checklists the crew coordinated with flight dispatch and diverted to St. John's where the aircraft landed without further incident. Troubleshooting was under way.
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