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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.
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
In January, United Airlines announced that it will expedite the retirement of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets. United Airlines CEO explains why the Boeing 747 jumbo jet will soon go away ...
United Airlines said Saturday that some cockpit door access information may have been made public.
On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo International Airport (Narita), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign ...
Former Continental Airlines fleet. Boeing 747-100: 23 1970 1999 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-200ER: One was damaged as Flight 811, but was later repaired and re-registered as N4724U. Another was damaged as Flight 826. Boeing 747-200B: 10 1987 2000 Boeing 747SP: 11 1985 1995 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200: Former Pan Am fleet ...
The gas-guzzling four-engine 747 is costly and inefficient compared to newer twin-engine widebodies, like Boeing's 777 and 787 and Airbus' A330neo and A350, that airlines now more readily rely on.
United Airlines Flight 232, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, on 19 July 1989. A fan disk in the No. 2 engine fractured, severing most of the flight controls. Dennis Fitch, a deadheading DC-10 instructor who had studied the case of JAL Flight 123, was able to help the pilots steer the aircraft using throttle differential. Despite the break-up of the ...