The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday that a December incident in which a United Airlines flight came within 750 feet of the ocean was caused by pilot miscommunication.
AT LEAST 4 INJURED AFTER BATTERY CATCHES FIRE ON UNITED FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO The flight path of United Airlines Flight 1722 on Dec. 18, 2022, after it left Kahului, Hawaii.(Courtesy of Flightradar24.com) The spokesman added that the pilots involved fully cooperated with the investi...
United Airlines is asking pilots to voluntarily take unpaid leave because of reduced flight capacity stemming from delayed shipments ofBoeing aircraft. The delayed deliveries come after aslew of safety incidentsinvolving United aircraft that have led the the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten its ...
and the plane shuddered violently and began ascending and rolling to the right. The pilots,Captain Alfred Haynes andFirst Officer William Records, quickly discovered that neither theautopilotnor the manual controls had any effect. In desperation, Haynes closed the throttle to the left engine and pu...
“One of my co-pilots [said]: ‘Hey, we’re just [going to] be here a couple hours then we’re [going to] leave,' ” recalled Watts. “He pushed my co-pilot [and] he [said]: ‘This is my country, you don’t come to my country and talk ...
Earlier this month, a United flight returned to Houston after an engine caught fire, and a tire fell off a United Boeing 777 during takeoff in San Francisco. Advertisement United planes have even had mishaps while on the ground. Last month, pilots on one plane reported that rudder pedals use...
United CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is reviewing a series of "unrelated" cases and adding extra training for pilots.
Meg Vaillancourt, Contributing Reporter
[34] The company was the first major US airline to announce a vaccine mandate for all staff on August 6, at which point over 80% of flight attendants and 90% of pilots had been vaccinated, according to statements of the respective unions.[35] Days before the internal deadline of ...
The airline said it was on track to have hired more than 800 pilots by May and would have enough to cover the spring and summer travel seasons. However, it said it was slowing the pace of hires for this year with the 80 737 MAX 10 aircraft it was expecting in 2024 still looking far...