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United Airlines 787 aircraft emergency landing: it was a failure of an electrical generator

Seattle, USA - The problem occurred on Tuesday 4 December in New Orleans

The investigation about the emergency landing performed by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines at New Orleans "Louis Armstrong" Airport on Tuesday 4 December found a failure for one of the six electrical generators of the aircraft, according to reports provided by the manufacturer: each generator provides 250 kw/h. Flight 1146 departed from Houston and was en route to Newark with 174...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1148005
Rome, Italy, 12/06/2012 09:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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