United 787 EMER landing at PANC

[PW127-B]

Does any one have any info about this?
Seems to be bound for NRT

[Capn Bloggs]

Heading to Japan for a battery change, was it?

[Self Loading Freight]

"Flap indicator light" says a certain social media site. And there's a picture of an aircraft on some tarmac in an airport. https://twitter.com/FriendlySkies1K/...659009/photo/1

[gas path]

Cruise flaps.

[ItsMeFromEarth]

There is NO FLAPS INDICATOR LIGHT on the B787

[ATC Watcher]

So the flaps story is just a smoke screen ?

[Hotel Tango]

So the flaps story is just a smoke screen ?

haha, subtle one

Looks like I'm getting my 1st B787 experience on a Japanese domestic sector in November.

[A Squared]

Originally Posted by Self Loading Freight

And there's a picture of an aircraft on some tarmac in an airport.

For what it's worth, that picture is Anchorage International.

[ItsMeFromEarth]

And the cruise flaps have No indicators either

[Granada]

UAL 787 Emergency In Anchorage

Is there any truth in the rumor that a UAL 787 had to make an emergency landing in Anchorage last night due to a "flaps problem"?

Airline and media seem very quiet about it...

Disappointing if true.

[Yukon 880]

It's true

As reported by AvHerald, which matches the activity on the scene at ANC...



Incident: United B788 over Bering Sea on Sep 19th 2013, flaps indication
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Sep 20th 2013 19:07Z, last updated Friday, Sep 20th 2013 19:07Z

A United Boeing 787-800, registration N27901 performing flight UA-139 from Denver,CO (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), was enroute at FL400 over the Bering Sea about 500nm west of Anchorage,AK (USA) when the crew received an abnormal indication for the flaps, declared emergency, turned around and diverted to Anchorage. The aircraft entered a holding to work checklists and prepare the aircraft for landing in the vicinity of Anchorage, when the aircraft began to position for the approach the airport halted all other movements. The aircraft landed safely on Anchorage's runway 07R at a substantially higher than normal speed (around 190 knots over ground) about 90 minutes after turning around. The crew vacated the runway but reported hot brakes for the right hand side, emergency services on standby checked the brakes and cleared the aircraft to continue to the apron with emergency services in trail.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled.

Ferried to DEN on Friday as UA 6860