United B789 near Singapore on Apr 24th 2026, electrical smell on board

Last Update: April 24, 2026 / 16:12:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 24, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-2

Departure
Singapore, Singapore

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N61101

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N61101 performing flight UA-2 from Singapore (Singapore) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was climbing through FL330 about 170nm east of Singapore when the crew stopped the climb and decided to return to Singapore due to an electrical smell on board. The aircraft landed safely on Singapore's runway 02C about 1:50 hours after departure.

The airline reported a maintenance issue.

Passengers reported an electrical smell came from the air vents. After landing the aircraft was towed for an engine (Trent 1000) test to check whether the smell could be replicated. It looked like the aircraft could depart although with an intermediate stop in Honolulu for a crew change, however, it was ultimately found out, that the issue could not be fixed prior to the crew timing out, the flight was therefore cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Singapore about 13 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 24, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-2

Departure
Singapore, Singapore

Destination
San Francisco, United States

Aircraft Registration
N61101

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B789

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