UA6872 and UA6872 - delays

[Matthew Horne]

Ch 10 just said it landed safely and had no passengers on board.

[James S.]

It is the plane that was delayed (for three or so days) Hendra, N105UA. Saw it off the coast with what appeared to be lots of black smoke trailing from the aircraft, then white (dumping fuel), proceeded to land normally with no emergency declared. At least it provided some nice light to shoot a UA 747 landing in!

[Hendra Barnes]

James,

Just to confirm/clarify, the UA B744 we (me & wife) saw last night when we left The Beach was N171UA. I realised this bird flew back to the US as UAL840 this afternoon.

So N171UA must had been the extra UA flight/aircraft that was sent down to cover for N105UA that went tech?

Cheers,
HB

[James S.]

Ah OK, might have been, can't confirm that for sure though, I'll leave that to someone else.

[Greg Hyde]

Reportedly engine failure and circled to burnoff fuel

[Carl H.]

Clearly showing a trail of vapour (fuel?) from engine 1!

[Sarah C]

Nice pic Carl!

[Kurt A]

N105UA went out today as UAL6872.

[Mike Scott]

Just fyi...our crew's love the overnight maintenance delays. Extra night in Sydney which is probably THE most favored/sought after trip on the roster. There is ALWAYS heaps of praise for everything/anything connected with Sydney....dont think pax mind too much if they get put up at companies expense for that extra night (other than inconvenience)...we even have a couple of folks who commute from Sydney to SFO to go to work !!!

Nice to hear so many continuous positive comments about experiences in Oz !!!

(apologies to all for ongoing maintenance delays etc)

MS

[Ash W]

I noticed in another forum that there have been several cancellations over the past few weeks.

I managed to get to LAX (and then onto POS via IAH) and return without much drams due to the cancellation of my flight on the 12th. Also managed to get the United 747 coming back home, no cancellation. Though wish to god there was as it wasn't a pleasant flight. 10K is not a good seat at all, far too much noise and commotion to even attempt sleep and service, well not good but what I expected unfortunately.

So now I can tick United of my list off airlines to try and put it on my list of airlines to avoid, though with the pricing they have at present I fear any future trips to the US will be with them. (sorry Mike)