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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 ...
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United Airlines Flight 624 crashed on June 17, 1948, outside of Aristes, Pennsylvania, killing all four crew and 39 passengers aboard. [ 158 ] USAir Flight 427 nosedived into the ground on its landing approach when the rudder on the Boeing 737-300 malfunctioned near Pittsburgh on September 8, 1994.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is seeking to reassure passengers after a string of safety incidents raised concerns. In a letter sent out early Monday to United customers, he said the incidents ...
13 July – Vickers Vulcan G-EBLB of Imperial Airways, conducting a test flight from Croydon Airport with a pilot and five passengers on board, crashed near Purley, Surrey, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights. 1929
The Boeing 747 has experienced several such incidents, the most noteworthy of which occurred on United Airlines Flight 811 in February 1989, when a cargo hatch failure caused a section of the fuselage to burst open, resulting in the deaths of nine passengers who were blown out of the aircraft. [24]
Residents in houses along the flight path, in South San Francisco, Daly City, and San Francisco, called into the airport to complain about the noise and voice their fears the aircraft was about to crash. [1] After the near-collision, UA863 was vectored out to sea to dump fuel to reduce weight and return to San Francisco for an overweight ...