United A320 returning to Boston

[trevelyan]

BREAKING: A @United Airbus A320 is returning to Boston having lost "all steering controls" /via @liveatc

Just had this appear on my phone, not sure of the nature of the emergency based on the info - all steering controls from a journo point of view could be anything I guess.

[Mike-Bracknell]

Without wishing to be macabre, but how do they know they're returning to Boston if they can't steer the thing?:confused:

[wozzo]

Already landed, hydraulic problem.

[Airbubba]

FlightAware > United Air Lines (UA) #765 > 15-Mar-2012 > KBOS-KDEN Flight Tracker (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL765/history/20120315/1919Z/KBOS/KDEN)

[slowjet]

Should have gone staight to Bangor. Holiday Inn a fabbo place & Dick Stacey's in Brewer.....................oh, hang up me flyin boots !

[Wirbelsturm]

Sounds like the loss of the Green Hydraulic system which also powers the Nose Wheel Steering.

Whilst a bit of a pain it's not the end of the world as you can still steer by differential braking. A degradation of the flying controls but the Yellow system will still keep you poling around happily.

Obviously all my opinion as the cause is not yet known.

Still, seems like a little bit of Journo license!