Incident Boeing 767-332ER N179DN,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58517
 
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Date:Sunday 18 January 2009
Time:13:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic B763 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 767-332ER
Owner/operator:Delta Airlines
Registration: N179DN
MSN: 25144/350
Year of manufacture:1991
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Location:London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Venice, Italy (VCE)
Destination airport:John F Kennedy Airport, New York (JFK/KJFK)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The flight DL151 dumped fuel and diverted to London Heathrow (UK) after the crew received an EICAS message indicating rapidly dropping hydraulics fluid quantity in one of the hydraulics systems. The aircraft diverted to London Heathrow, landing at 13:38 local time and remained at London overnight and took off at 08:20 on the morning of the 19th operating the regular Delta 4 London-New York service.

Sources:

1. http://avherald.com/h?article=4139787e&opt=0
2. http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b767-25144.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 August 2012 N179DN Delta Airlines 0 Paris-Charles de Gaulle - LFPG, 25km NE Paris sub
Heavy landing

Media:

Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332ER N179DN at Zurich on 12-09-2015: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332ER - N179DN (ZRH) (20946086204)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2009 10:29 Certosino Added
18-Jan-2009 10:33 harro Updated
19-Jan-2009 11:12 harro Updated
13-Nov-2011 11:32 harro Updated [Total fatalities]
12-Jul-2016 10:44 Dr.John Smith Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
02-Nov-2016 21:09 Dr.John Smith Updated [Source, Embed code]
02-Nov-2016 21:10 Dr.John Smith Updated [Embed code]

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