Created Wednesday, Jun 12th 2024 15:00Z, last updated Friday, Jun 14th 2024 22:13Z
A United Boeing 777-200, registration N794UA performing flight
UA-915 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL380 about 400nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew decided to divert to Gander,NL (Canada) due to a hydraulic leak. The aircraft landed safely on Gander's runway 21 about 90 minutes later.
A passenger reported the crew announced a hydraulic leak as cause for their diversion.
The airline reported a technical issue with the aircraft.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N204UA reached Paris with a delay of about 17 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 43 hours before positioning back to Washington and resuming service.
On Jun 14th 2024 the Canadian TSB reported about 4 hours into the flight at position 46°21'N 048°01'W the crew received a Reserve Brake Steering EICAS message followed by a Center Hydraulic System Low indication. The crew decided to divert to Gander, enroute to Gander the crew noticed the hydraulic quantity was further decreasing and declared emergency. Maintenance identified a hydraulic leak from the aft electric hydraulic pump in the right wheel well.
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