Consolidated "Delayed/Cancelled" International Flights (2012/13)
Oct 29, 2013, 9:01 pm
#1501
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UA 990 (SFO-CDG) cancelled on 10/28?
Lots of unhappy passengers Monday night at SFO! Some of them were around until 9pm and looking to retrieve their bags/change flights etc. Considering the scheduled departure was 2:40pm, that is a long wait ... anybody have more details?
I heard it was an APU failure.
Oddly enough, my EZE-IAH flight on the 19th had a similar issue (but didn't take very long to fix). That aircraft later continued on to SFO, so I wonder if Monday's flight (also a 767) is the same bird.
I heard it was an APU failure.
Oddly enough, my EZE-IAH flight on the 19th had a similar issue (but didn't take very long to fix). That aircraft later continued on to SFO, so I wonder if Monday's flight (also a 767) is the same bird.
Oct 29, 2013, 11:54 pm
#1502
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Lots of unhappy passengers Monday night at SFO! Some of them were around until 9pm and looking to retrieve their bags/change flights etc. Considering the scheduled departure was 2:40pm, that is a long wait ... anybody have more details?
I heard it was an APU failure.
Oddly enough, my EZE-IAH flight on the 19th had a similar issue (but didn't take very long to fix). That aircraft later continued on to SFO, so I wonder if Monday's flight (also a 767) is the same bird.
I heard it was an APU failure.
Oddly enough, my EZE-IAH flight on the 19th had a similar issue (but didn't take very long to fix). That aircraft later continued on to SFO, so I wonder if Monday's flight (also a 767) is the same bird.
Nov 10, 2013, 8:20 am
#1503
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Why Was UAL 982 (IAD-KWI) Canceled Nov. 9?
I was at Washington Dulles last night for a late domestic flight to IAH. My flight was parked next to Flight 982, which was fully loaded and preparing for a 9:50 pm departure to Kuwait City.
Curious to track the progress of the flight, I later checked united.com, which showed that Flight 982 had been cancelled, having returned to the gate about 20 minutes after it pushed back.
Does anyone know what happened to cause the cancelation? I imagine that there were many frustrated passengers waiting for reroutes.
Curious to track the progress of the flight, I later checked united.com, which showed that Flight 982 had been cancelled, having returned to the gate about 20 minutes after it pushed back.
Does anyone know what happened to cause the cancelation? I imagine that there were many frustrated passengers waiting for reroutes.
Nov 10, 2013, 10:11 am
#1504
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If you can believe it, they saw a mouse run across the floor just after everyone finished boarding. They cancelled the flight due to health / safety concerns. We overheard the pilot talking on channel 9 and at the gate. Apparently the entire aircraft has to be fumigated...nice. Re-booked on a new flight number (same time) today. They had no aicraft at Dulles to recover, so they had to wait for another one to come in today. This flight does not typically operate on thie date, so this is a special flight. Not a lot of happy people, and it took over 2 hours to get through the re-accomodation process (and we're even in business class)!
Nov 10, 2013, 10:22 am
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If you can believe it, they saw a mouse run across the floor just after everyone finished boarding. They cancelled the flight due to health / safety concerns. We overheard the pilot talking on channel 9 and at the gate. Apparently the entire aircraft has to be fumigated...nice. Re-booked on a new flight number (same time) today. They had no aicraft at Dulles to recover, so they had to wait for another one to come in today. This flight does not typically operate on thie date, so this is a special flight. Not a lot of happy people, and it took over 2 hours to get through the re-accomodation process (and we're even in business class)!
Nov 10, 2013, 3:13 pm
#1506
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UAL 944 ORD-FRA Nov 10 Diverted?
Looks like it's returning to ORD. Just caught this at flightaware, anyone knows more?
Nov 10, 2013, 3:17 pm
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Looks like it's returning to ORD. Just caught this at flightaware, anyone knows more?
Nov 10, 2013, 3:18 pm
#1508
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Very odd. For emergency they wouldn't return to ORD, right?
Nov 10, 2013, 3:25 pm
#1510
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Looks like it's returning to ORD. Just caught this at flightaware, anyone knows more?
Nov 10, 2013, 3:26 pm
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I think that refers to the air conditioning. If that's the case, it makes sense to return to a hub, where a spare aircraft and crew would be more readily available.
Nov 10, 2013, 3:33 pm
#1512
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PACK would be Pressurization and Air Conditioning Kit, I think that's what takes bleed air from engine, cools it down and uses it to pressurize and heat the cabin. Don't know much more about it, if anyone can chime in ...
Nov 10, 2013, 3:35 pm
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Nov 10, 2013, 3:55 pm
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Nov 10, 2013, 4:22 pm
#1515
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So I can see it being IAD vs ORD, so which is closer and which place has the needed parts probably played a part in deciding where to send it to,as well as if a new crew would be needed who could supply that quicker