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United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland.On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
United Airlines Flight 811: Pacific Ocean near Honolulu: Hawaii: Boeing 747-100: The aircraft experienced explosive decompression when a cargo door opened unexpectedly midflight, which was eventually attributed to flaws in the door's design, causing some seats to be expelled from the aircraft. The flight was able to make an emergency landing in ...
Pan Am Flight 103: Lockerbie, United Kingdom Boeing 747: Terrorist bombing 259 + 11 on ground Terrorist bomb in the forward luggage hold 1989-02-24 United Airlines Flight 811: Hawaii, United States Boeing 747: Dirt on microswitch/short circuit 9 Cargo door opened (electrical fault), causing surrounding structure to fail leaving large hole ...
A similar accident on the United Airlines Flight 811 was caused in part by a single-switched safety circuit for the baggage door mechanism. Failure of the wiring insulation in that circuit allowed the baggage door to be unlocked by a false feed, leading to a catastrophic de-pressurisation, and the deaths of nine passengers.
A United Airlines flight destined for Vancouver was forced to divert to San Francisco on Monday evening after an alleged bomb threat interrupted the flight.. Flight UA1909 took off from Los ...
How about Flight 811? Tabletop 12:11, 1 November 2008 (UTC) In the case of all 747 cargo doors, at the time, only the powered cable (circuit) was open-circuited by the switch. Any short-circuit from a live source would cycle the door-lock motor. Lin 11:38, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
The NTSB said the incident on United Flight 613 occurred as the Boeing 787 was flying in Ivory Coast airspace, whose authorities have delegated the investigation to the NTSB, Reuters reports.
A United flight headed from San Francisco to Japan had to return to the gate from the runway because of mechanical issues, delaying the fight by five hours and making it at least the eighth flight ...