United B789 over Pacific on Dec 30th 2022, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: December 31, 2022 / 10:34:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2022
Classification
Incident
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
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
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2022
Classification
Incident
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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