A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel Monday while taking off from Los Angeles, the airline said. The Boeing 757-200 was carrying 174 passengers and 7 crewmembers.
United Airlines flight lost a tyre soon after takeoff from San Francisco and made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that it is investigating the incident. The plane landed safely in Denver, and passengers were put on a different plane and arrived later in the day in Boston, according to the airline.
The emergency diversion to Tampa was prompted by the activation of a door indicator light, according to a spokesperson from the airport. United Flight 2434 had departed from Sarasota-Bradenton International at 3:42 pm (local time) on January 10.
The United Airlines flight landed back at the airport at 12:27 a.m. instead of its planned destination of Rome–Fiumicino International Airport.
United Airlines witnessed sparks fly from one of the wings, just a few minutes after it took off. The video has been widely surfacing on social media as people expressed their concerns.
The airline cancelled flights on Monday night and Tuesday morning, and said it's trying to rebook stranded passengers.
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service.
US-based United Airlines on Saturday launched its new daily non-stop service between Delhi and its hometown hub of Chicago.
United Airlines will close its cabin crew bases in Hong Kong, as well as Tokyo and Frankfurt, eliminating a total of 840 jobs, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on international air travel, the Chicago-headquartered carrier announced.
United Flight 82 from New York to New Delhi has been diverted to London’s Heathrow airport in what is apparently an 'urgency situation'. According to flight tracking, Twitter accounts the plane has declared a 'Squawk 7700' which means the crew has decided they have an 'urgency' situation.
A day after Pakistan withdrew airspace restrictions, the US-based United Airlines said it would resume daily non-stop flight to India on September 6.
Relations between US and Iran are increasingly being strained after Iran shot down US drone on Thursday. This has begun to have effect on other fields. United Airlines is first operator to announce suspension of New York-Mumbai flights after the recent flare up.
The agreement will allow United Airlines to book seats for its passengers on Vistara flights.
The news of Irgo's unplanned odyssey comes as United admits another dog died after a flight attendant forced it to travel in an overhead bin on a Houston-to-New York flight.
Dense smog continued to cover Delhi-NCR for the sixth day today, leaving people gasping for breath during the morning hours.
A 28-year-old Indian doctor has been arrested for allegedly groping a minor girl who was sitting next to him on a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight
An airline representative said United is working with their team in Newark to prevent this from happening again.
United Airlines said on Thursday it would offer up to $10,000 (approx. Rs 6.4 lakh) to passengers who forfeit their seats on overbooked flights and sell fewer tickets on some flights.
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