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| Date: | Sunday 20 October 2013 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-422 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N182UA |
| MSN: | 25279/882 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
United Airlines flight UA-840 departed Sydney Airport, Australia at 15:10 LT with destination Los Angeles. After taking off from runway 34L the airplane climbed over sea to an altitude of 9900 feet. At 15:23 the flight turned back towards the south. After performing several holding patterns at 9900 feet and 7900 feet, a safe landing was carried out on runway 34L at 16:52 LT.
Media reports indicate that the flight had suffered some blown tyres on takeoff. Photographic evidence shows that the two rear tyres on the left hand body undercarriage had blown.
Sources:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/united-flight-840-forced-to-land-after-blowing-tyre-on-takeoff-from-sydney-19474268.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 May 2002 | N182UA | United Airlines | 0 | Pacific Ocean, PO |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
Location
Media:
The two blown tyres on United Airlines plane (flight UA840) at Sydney after emergency landing pic.twitter.com/THTX9ecahR
— Brenden Wood (@BrendenWood) October 20, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2013 11:04 | harro | Added |
| 20-Oct-2013 11:12 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2013 11:18 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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