Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 2nd 2020
Created Friday, Jul 3rd 2020 15:46Z, last updated Friday, Jul 3rd 2020 15:46Z
A United Boeing 787-9, registration N27958 performing freight flight UA-2822 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Beijing (China) with 4 crew, was enroute at FL400 about 160nm west of Tokyo the crew decided to return to Narita Airport due to a problem with the left hand leading edge flaps. The aircraft returned to Narita Airport for a safe landing at a higher than normal speed about 80 minutes after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground for three hours, then departed for flight UA-2770 but needed to return due to the same problem and again on Jul 3rd again due to the same problem, see also Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 2nd 2020, leading edge flaps trouble and Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on Jul 3rd 2020, leading edge flaps trouble.
Source: The Aviation Herald