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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-222, the United Airlines specific variant of the original 777-200 series, registered as N773UA, (c/n 26929) and line number 4. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines and was 23.3 years old, having made its first flight on October 28, 1994. [5]
The PW4077 variant used on the United 777-222 nominally produces 77,000 pounds-force (340 kN) of thrust. [21] It is a dual-spool , axial-flow , high bypass turbofan engine , [ 22 ] that is a higher bypass version of the PW4000-94 engine originally fitted to the Boeing 747-400 .
Two on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the United States, and the second-deadliest incident involving commercial aircraft in the United States, after the 9/11 attacks. December 28, 1978 10 24 179 United Airlines Flight 173: Portland: Oregon: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
The Boeing Co 777 plane had flown nearly 3,000 cycles, equivalent to one take-off and landing, which compares to the checks every 6,500 cycles mandated after a separate United engine incident in ...
A United 777 almost plunged into the ocean after takeoff from Hawaii. The plane took a nose dive for 21 terrifying seconds. So, what happened?
As of February 2025, the United Airlines fleet consists of 1,002 mainline aircraft, the largest of any commercial airline worldwide. [1] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and all Boeing wide-body aircraft with more wide-body aircraft than any other U.S. passenger airline. [ 2 ]
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner of United Airlines landing at Beijing Capital International Airport on 28 December 2018.. A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft and in the largest cases as a jumbo jet, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast. [1]
United Airlines Boeing 777-200 (N226UA, built 2001) lost the aft inner wheel on the left maingear moments after getting airborne from runway 28L at San Francisco-Intl AP (KSFO), CA. The wheel fell ...