ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344766
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| Date: | Sunday 20 August 2023 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-34AFER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | UPS |
| Registration: | N329UP |
| MSN: | 27755/756 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
| London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration N329UP performing freight flight 5X-205 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to London Stansted,EN (UK), was enroute at FL350 about 150nm west of Cardiff,WL (UK) when the crew diverted the aircraft to Cardiff reporting they had lost their flight management and guidance computers (FMC) and there was a burning smell and smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Cardiff's runway 12 about 25 minutes later, vacated the runway and stopped on the parallel taxiway.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n329up#31ac830f
2. https://cardiffstathan.blogspot.com/2023/08/log-sunday-20082023.html
3. https://avherald.com/h?article=50d493ee&opt=0
4. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/emergency-landing-cardiff-airport-sees-27560966
5. https://aviationsourcenews.com/emergency/ups-flight-from-philadelphia-declares-emergency/
6. https://www.aeroinside.com/18479/ups-b763-near-cardiff-on-aug-20th-2023-fmc-failure-burning-smell-and-smoke-in-cockpit
7. https://ukaviation.news/ups-767-makes-emergency-landing-at-cardiff-following-suspected-fire/
8. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
Media:
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Boeing 767 N329UP at Los Angeles CA (LAX) 16-4-2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2023 09:46 | Anon | Added |
| 21-Aug-2023 09:50 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Aug-2023 16:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 17:53 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 27-Aug-2023 10:46 | Nepa | Updated |
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