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CNN
A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney just two hours into its nearly 14-hour journey to San Francisco, in the carriers fifth flight incident in seven days.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft, carrying 183 passengers and crew, was redirected due to a maintenance issue, according to a statement from United Airlines.
The plane landed safely, and passengers deplaned normally at the gate. We provided accommodation overnight for passengers and rebooked them to San Francisco, the airline added.
The incident Monday on United flight 830 is the latest in a string of incidents to hit the US airline in recent days.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/australia/australia-united-airlines-sydney-san-francisco-intl-hnk/index.html
róisín_dubh
(11,876 posts)I am flying back to the US in a few weeks and I am so relieved that I'm not going to be on a Boeing over the Atlantic (I will be over the Irish Sea, but it's such a short flight).
Johnny2X2X
(21,417 posts)Sometimes at the very last moment before boarding. You could book a flight that is listed as an A330 and by the time you board it's a 767.
róisín_dubh
(11,876 posts)Smaller ones might only have a fleet of Airbus or Boeing but not both. Im flying Aer Lingus, which is an Airbus company.
Initech
(101,554 posts)beaglelover
(3,938 posts)Initech
(101,554 posts)This is really a Wall St. problem.
beaglelover
(3,938 posts)limbicnuminousity
(1,409 posts)beaglelover
(3,938 posts)So, 2 planes each way since we had to transfer in Denver. Of our 4 overall flights on that trip, 3 were delayed due to a maintenance issue and one delay was so bad it required an unplanned overnight in Denver on our way home. That trip really left a bad taste in my mouth about United and this is after they were my preferred airline when I was traveling significantly for work and I accumulated a huge amount of miles/points with them.
Chautauquas
(4,471 posts)My flight from Madison WI to LA was canceled due to mechanical problems so I rushed to Milwaukee and got a flight from there.
On the way home I flew from LA to Forth Worth and boarded a plane and sat on the tarmac for 90 minutes only to be told that flight was canceled, due to mechanical problems. An hour later I boarded another plane and sat on the tarmac for 60 minutes before being told that flight was also canceled, again due to mechanical problems. Finally boarded a third plane, and after boarding and sitting through a 30 minute delay, took off. I was scheduled to arrive home at 5 pm and actually got there at 3 am.
Pachamama
(17,000 posts)It was a 777-300ER and then we had to wait 4 hours until another plane could be used - the flight ended up leaving and they never said what the technical issue was.
This was March 2nd - would love to now the numbers of these aircraft
But this was the third time in last two months this happened
orthoclad
(4,621 posts)trying to save a few bucks, subbing crappy algorithms for hardware fixes.
We're just lucky the recent wave of accidents hasn't killed hundreds more.
And the whistle blower dies the night before testifying?
Bring back rail travel. Stop subsidizing air travel. Make the airlines and manufacturers pay the real costs of their enormous profits.
Hekate
(94,218 posts)orthoclad
(4,621 posts)Hekate
(94,218 posts)and cut back to make the shareholders happy well, what do they expect. Leaner & Meaner is the wrong paradigm for aircraft.
helpisontheway
(5,202 posts)United flight was cheaper so she asked me about United. I told her that we flew with United in 2022 and it was great. We had a short flight to Chicago and then 9 hours on the Dreamliner plane. Now she is stuck with United. Our situation is not much better. We booked our tickets on Alaska last year and now a door blew off. Im surprised the FAA does not step in if United planes are not safe right now. Ground the planes and make them allow refunds. Any plane can have issues but that is a lot of planes over a short period of time.