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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 ...
As of March 2025, the United Airlines fleet consists of 1,010 mainline aircraft, the largest of any airline worldwide. [1] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and all Boeing wide-body aircraft with more wide-bodies than any other North American passenger airline. [2] [3] The average age of United's fleet is 15.8 ...
All of those aboard survived the ditching and escaped the aircraft before it sank, but four passengers and one flight attendant subsequently died. [186] United Express Flight 2415 crashed on approach to Pasco Airport. 2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident crashed after being stolen by an airline employee.
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
A United Airlines flight from Nigeria to the US made an emergency landing following a technical issue. The flight from Lagos to Washington, DC. experienced "an unexpected aircraft movement ...
A United Airlines flight was taking off from Houston, Texas, when staff members were forced to evacuate the plane — and a video captured by a passenger shows that a fire may have broken out.
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.