United B772 near Nagasaki on Apr 6th 2019, engine problem
Last Update: April 15, 2019 / 22:15:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-87
Departure
Shanghai Pudong, China
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N78003
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The flight needed to be cancelled. The passengers were rebooked onto flight UA-2823 of Apr 7th.
The airline reported the flight was cancelled due to prolonged engine maintenance.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Shanghai more than 10 days after landing back.
Passengers reported meal service was just in progress when flight attendants stopped the meal service and took away all meal trays that already been handed to passengers. The capain announced they had a problem with one of the engines and were dumping fuel returning to Shanghai.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-87
Departure
Shanghai Pudong, China
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N78003
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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