UA Pilot's Coffee Spill Forces Emergency Landing

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after a pilot spilled coffee on the plane's radio equipment.

UA Flight 940 was carrying 241 passengers on Monday when the 777-200's communication and navigation equipment malfunctioned, prompting the flight crew to land just before 10:00 p.m. local time Monday at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

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[PHL]

Isn't there a reg, or at least some company policy, about food/beverages in close proximity to the equipment?? It could have fared much worse.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

Shades of "Fate is the Hunter" (the movie, not the book).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate_Is_the_Hunter_(film)