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Old 15th Mar 2012, 22:02   #1 (permalink)
 
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United A320 returning to Boston
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.
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Old 15th Mar 2012, 22:04   #2 (permalink)
 
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Without wishing to be macabre, but how do they know they're returning to Boston if they can't steer the thing?
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Old 15th Mar 2012, 22:20   #3 (permalink)
 
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Already landed, hydraulic problem.
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FlightAware > United Air Lines (UA) #765 > 15-Mar-2012 > KBOS-KDEN Flight Tracker
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Should have gone staight to Bangor. Holiday Inn a fabbo place & Dick Stacey's in Brewer.....................oh, hang up me flyin boots !
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 10:01   #6 (permalink)
 
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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!
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