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| Date: | Tuesday 7 May 2024 |
| Time: | 22:14 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-322ER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N670UA |
| MSN: | 29240/763 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
United Airlines flight UA3, a Boeing 767-322ER, suspected a blown tire after hearing a loud bang on takeoff from ORD.
The flight crew continued the climb to enroute altitude. At 2331 UTC, when the aircraft was approximately 25 nm south of North Bay, ON, the flight crew declared an emergency and requested to return to ORD.
A safe landing was made back at ORD, 2h30min after takeoff.
Sources:
TSB A24O0055
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n670ua#351c1604
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 2018 | N670UA | United Airlines | 0 | near München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM) |  |
unk |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 6 April 2022 | N670UA | United Airlines | 0 | about 80nm S of Shannon, Ireland |  |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 3 August 2022 | N670UA | United Airlines | 0 | 100 kms northwest of Mayo |  |
non |
| Inflight smoke | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 19:04 | ASN | Added |
| 05-Jun-2024 19:05 | ASN | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 05-Jun-2024 19:13 | ASN | Updated [Country] |
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