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United 787 Smoke Event
Boeing 787 N15969 ©jamesnixon.com2019
United Airlines Dreamliner, N15969, as UA99, suffered smoke in the cockpit on the way from MEL to LAX yesterday.
The aircraft was safely diverted to Noumea.
Flight radar shows the flight time as 2 hours 28 minutes. As reported in THE CRASH OF MH370, most 'Smoke / Fire / Fumes' events happen within two hours of takeoff.
One of the most challenging emergencies. Great work by the crew.
Boeing 787 N15969 ©jamesnixon.com2019
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NOUMEA, New Caledonia
Arrivals & Departures
(08.30 AEST 26th March 2019)
24 hours later the flight from SYD is due, presumably
to pick up high value passengers and deliver Engineers.
24 hours later the broken aircraft (N15969) is not
expected to fly to LAX.
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Sadly, the Online Editor at the HeraldSun can't
tell the difference between a 787 and 747.
26th March 2019
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James Nixon is an Author of five books and was previously an Emirates A380 Captain with over 31 years flying experience and can be contacted HERE
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