Yet another Boeing flight has faced technical problems, this time being forced to land because of a leak. flight There have been technical issues with another Boeing flight, which had to make a forced landing due to a leak.
As the plane took off from Sydney to San Francisco, video footage showed hydraulic fluid spilling from the landing gear.
Passengers on the United Airlines Boeing 777-300 flight had to be taken off and given hotel rooms overnight before new travel was arranged the following day.
Although the problem became visible shortly after takeoff, the flight continued for nearly two hours, reaching 30,000 feet before the pilots turned back to Australia.
When it arrived, emergency services found the landing gear compartment doors wide open and smoke coming from one of the tires on the right-hand side of the aircraft. AirLive reported.
The incident with Flight 2477 is just the latest in a series of issues that caused a 4.3% drop in Boeing’s share price yesterday morning.
This happened after a former Boeing employee who was testifying about the manufacturer’s alleged safety problems was found dead. John Barnett, 62, died on Saturday from a ‘self-inflicted wound’, according to a South Carolina coroner, although it has not been officially ruled as suicide.
Barnett had worked at Boeing for 32 years – including as a quality manager at a North Charleston Plant – before retiring in 2017.
In the days before his death, he had been providing evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company in Charleston.
On Monday, bloodied passengers on a Boeing Dreamliner plane to Beijing were taken to hospital after the plane ‘just froze’ in mid-air, in a terrifying moment that ‘felt like an earthquake’.
Earlier this month, another Boeing passenger plane was forced into an emergency landing after its engine exploded and burst into flames mid-air. New Zealand were In January, the ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after a plane door fell off mid-air.
Shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, a Boeing 737 Max 9 door blew off the Alaska Airlines flight, causing the cabin to depressurise. The plane landed safely with 174 passengers and six crew members. In another incident last Friday, passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston.
Video taken after the landing showed the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane tilted to one side with one of its wings very close to the ground. US The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would ‘order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory’. Regarding the latest incident, Boeing stated: ‘On Monday, March 11, United flight 830 from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to San Francisco International Airport returned to Sydney due to a maintenance issue.
The aircraft landed safely and passengers deplaned normally at the gate.’
The landing gear compartment doors were wide open, and smoke was coming from one of the tires on the right-hand side of the aircraft.
In another incident last Friday, passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston.
Video taken after the landing showed the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane tilted to one side with one of its wings very close to the ground.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would ‘order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory’.
Boeing said regarding the latest incident: ‘On Monday, March 11, United flight 830 from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to San Francisco International Airport returned to Sydney due to a maintenance issue.
“The plane landed safely and passengers deplaned normally at the gate.’
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