United B789 over Pacific on Dec 30th 2022, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 31, 2022 / 10:34:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-839

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Sydney, Australia

Aircraft Registration
N38955

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N38955 performing flight UA-839 (dep Dec 29th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL380 about 960nm north of Pago Pago (American Samoa) when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (GEnx) down suspecting an engine oil leak. The aircraft turned south, drifted down to FL200 and diverted to Pago Pago for a safe landing about 2.5 hours later.

United reported a replacement aircraft is being dispatched to Pago Pago from Sydney estimated to land the passengers in Sydney in the morning of New Year's Day Jan 1st 2023 at about 07:15L. The aircraft had diverted to Pago Pago due to a mechanical issue.

A replacement Boeing 787-9 registration N24979 is currently enroute from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Pago Pago estimated to arrive there at about 00:44L (Dec 31st, just east of the date boundary, 11:44Z Dec 31st 2022).
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-839

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Sydney, Australia

Aircraft Registration
N38955

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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