United 777 HNL-GUM fire in the cockpit, diverts to Midway

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Couldn't find a news story on this yet, but the story is spreading on the interwebz and friends in UA ops confirmed it. Fire in the cockpit after takeoff from HNL, lost comms and "radar"(not sure on the extent of that), then diverted to Midway. Rescue plane is on the way, but there are no belt loaders to get the bags off I've read. Delta had a 747 divert there a few years back due to a cracked windshield, so I guess they'll figure something out. At any rate, good thing they got down, sounds very serious.

Here is a screenshot of the radar track.
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And Flightaware:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL201/history/20140711/0015Z/PHNL/PMDY
 
Incident: United B772 over Pacific on Jul 11th 2014, haze on board

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jul 11th 2014 22:47Z, last updated Friday, Jul 11th 2014 22:47ZA United Boeing 777-200, registration N210UA performing flight UA-201 (dep Jul 10th) from Honolulu,HI (USA) to Guam,MP (USA), was enroute at FL350 over the Pacific Ocean about 300nm southsouthwest of Midway Islands,UM (USA) and about 850nm west of Honolulu when the crew decided to return to Honolulu due to smell of smoke on board. The aircraft descended to FL300 for the way back. About 10 minutes later haze was observed in the cabin prompting the crew to turn north and divert to Midway Islands. The aircraft dumped fuel and landed safely in Midway about one hour after turning around.

A Passenger reported there was a "problem with one of the wings" and the cabin became smokey. Multiple passengers reported the aircraft had suffered technical problems involving a burning smell in the cockpit prior to departure and departed Honolulu with a delay of about 4 hours as result. Passengers tweeted that the aircraft dumped fuel on the way to Midway.

There is a report on the Internet telling that the aircraft lost transponder, radios and other systems one by one, however, radar data indicate the transponder worked until touchdown.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N779UA positioned to Midway as flight UA-2068 and returned the passengers to Honolulu as flight UA-2104 delivering the passengers back to Honolulu about 14 hours after their departure from Honolulu.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL201/history/20140711/0015Z/PHNL/PGUM
 
Proud Pilot said:
I hope Midway got their fresh water condenser fixed before that plane with all those people, who must be thirsty, diverted there.
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And you would know of the operations on Midway how exactly? And you think the plane had no water/drinks aboard it and why would the pax suddenly be that thirsty? Good grief. Aren't you tired of trolling here yet? No more 121 interviews? What happened at AA?
 
A Life Aloft said:
And you would know of the operations on Midway how exactly? And you think the plane had no water/drinks aboard it and why would the pax suddenly be that thirsty? Good grief. Aren't you tired of trolling here yet? No more 121 interviews? What happened at AA?
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I decided that I didn't want to work for AA after all.
 
Proud Pilot said:
Whichever one gets me the job.
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Today is fundamentally the crappiest day to screw around on the website.

Don't screw with my community as I will literally go take a dump, wipe, come back to my laptop and erase your existence and go on about may day.

Last and final warning about the trolling. Save the negotiations as there will be none. Your compliance is binary.
 
A Life Aloft said:
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N779UA positioned to Midway as flight UA-2068 and returned the passengers to Honolulu as flight UA-2104 delivering the passengers back to Honolulu about 14 hours after their departure from Honolulu.
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I admit I'm no ops specialist, but why return the passengers to HI rather than deliver them to their destination?
 
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