United B773 near Salt Lake City on Sep 21st 2018, fuel system problems
Last Update: September 24, 2018 / 22:44:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 21, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-58
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
N2639U
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
A passenger reported the captain announced they were returning to San Francisco due to a problem with the fuel system. After landing the passengers disembarked, another Boeing 777-300 reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 5 hours.
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration N2333U reached Frankfurt with a delay of 6 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 21, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-58
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
N2639U
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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