What happened
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At approximately 8:46AM eastern standard time (EST) on June 29, 2019, aircraft N837UA, an Airbus 319 operated by united airlines (ual), as flight #2098, was on a scheduled flight from laguardia international airport (lga), to george bush international airport (iah) when the crew reported a failure of both green and yellow hydraulic system. The crew elected to divert to Newark liberty international (ewr), airport. The aircraft landed safety on runway 22 left and was meet the airports emergency responders. Ual reported there was smoke coming from the left wheel well area. The aircraft slides were deployed and the passengers were evacuated, no injuries from passengers of crew were reported.
On take-off from lga the crew had an issue retracting the gear due to losing two hydraulic systems (green, yellow). An emergency was declared and the crew implemented the qrh. The decision was made to divert to ewr. Aircraft landed on rwy 22L. Brake overheated and fire ensued. Flight deck crew elected to command an evacuation. Passengers and crew evacuated to the tarmac.
As the FAA filed it
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:46AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) ON JUNE 29, 2019, AIRCRAFT N837UA, AN AIRBUS 319 OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES (UAL), AS FLIGHT #2098, WAS ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT FROM LAGUARDIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LGA), TO GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAH) WHEN THE CREW REPORTED A FAILURE OF BOTH GREEN AND YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL (EWR), AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFETY ON RUNWAY 22 LEFT AND WAS MEET THE AIRPORTS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. UAL REPORTED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED, NO INJURIES FROM PASSENGERS OF CREW WERE REPORTED.
ON TAKE-OFF FROM LGA THE CREW HAD AN ISSUE RETRACTING THE GEAR DUE TO LOSING TWO HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS (GREEN, YELLOW). AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW IMPLEMENTED THE QRH. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO EWR. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 22L. BRAKE OVERHEATED AND FIRE ENSUED. FLIGHT DECK CREW ELECTED TO COMMAND AN EVACUATION. PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED TO THE TARMAC.
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