United UAL840 28th December

[Lachlan C]

Hi

UAL840 has being circling at 10,000ft 30nm off Botany Bay for an hour most likely dumping fuel.
Any body know whats happening?
N119UA is the rego, Boeing 747-422

[Todd Steele]

Where abouts is it circling over?

[Lachlan C]

30nm off botany bay

[Todd Steele]

Ah thanks:cool:

[Blake Riley]

Im listening to the Liveatc.net feed from sydney there coming back into 16R now

[Lachlan C]

he is on approach for 16R now

[Krzysztof M]

They realised they had let someone onboard with a toothbrush? :eek:

[Grahame Hutchison]

Out and back in again exactly an hour later ...

N119UA UA0840 28/12/2009 15:32 United Airlines B747-422 Melbourne-Sydney-LAX-JFK
N119UA UA0840 28/12/2009 16:32 United Airlines B747-422 Melbourne-Sydney-LAX-JFK

[John B]

The aircraft had a problem with a window seal on departure and had too dump fuel and return to Sydney to have it fixed. Departed again about 6pm.

[Lachlan C]

cool thanks for that