United B772 at Washington on Jun 21st 2025, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 22, 2025 / 19:30:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 21, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-803

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan

Aircraft Registration
N798UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N798UA performing flight UA-803 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan), was climbing out of Dulles' runway 01R when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting one of the engines (PW4090) had badly overheated on takeoff, they had shut the engine down. The crew consulted with dispatch to decide whether to dump or burn off fuel or land overweight. After holding the crew advised they expected a normal landing, would vacate the runway and wanted emergency services to follow them to the gate. The aircraft landed safely on runway 01R about one hour after departure, vacated the runway and taxied to the apron.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N78001 reached Tokyo with a delay of about 7 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Washington about 25 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N798UA
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 21, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-803

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan

Aircraft Registration
N798UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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