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United Airlines plane departing Maui plunged to within 800 feet of the Ocean, flight data shows
A United Airlines flight took a frightful dive, plummeting to merely 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean shortly after taking off from Maui late last year, flight data shows. The drop unfolded just 71 seconds after United Airlines Flight UA 1722 took off from Kahului Airport in Maui bound for San Francisco on Dec. 18, 2022 according to data from Flight Radar, a flight tracking website. A safety report was filed and the pilots are receiving additional training. (www.nbcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Aircraft was a 777-200, since it’s not mentioned in article
Thank you. MSNBC assumed the detail was not relevant.
Just a week or so after a B788 of Qatar airways had a similar experience on departure from DOHA for CPH.
He also dropped within 800ft of the warm waters of the Persian Gulf before recovery to normal climb parameters.
He also dropped within 800ft of the warm waters of the Persian Gulf before recovery to normal climb parameters.
Windshear / microburst / downdraft? Reminds me of an "elevator ride" that I took years ago along with a few dozen other passengers and crew in a PSA 737 on final approach to Oakland in stormy weather. We fell weightless for several hundred feet. The flight attendants were yelping, which is usually not a good sign. Anything not tied down was floating in front of us for about 3 seconds. Then we recovered and flew almost level with engines screaming for about another mile to touchdown. Got the left gear down on the runway but the right wing kept floating for about a thousand runway feet. Every spoiler and speed brake was deployed, and I think engines were reversed BEFORE the stubborn right wing finally settled softly to the runway. I would have kissed the flight crew on the way out but I think they were having skivvy issues.
hahaha skivvy issues :D :D :D
25K hours between the two pilots! What was the additional training, "Uh guys, try not to dive so close the ocean next time. OK we're done here."
Given the wx, they could have hit a microburst out over the water just after takeoff. Reminds me of Delta flight 191 at DFW on August of 1985. I'd just passed directly over DFW about 20 minutes earlier and there wasn't a cloud in the sky around the airport. Not sure if their wx radar (or the airport radar) displayed anything before takeoff or not, but I'll bet they were doing all they could and praying hard :)
I believe the 25000 combined flight hours was a claim from airline's public response, and may be a red herring.
I have not found any public report of HOURS ON TYPE for this 777 crew.
For all we know, many of the claimed flying hours were on Regional jet or narrowbody.
I have not found any public report of HOURS ON TYPE for this 777 crew.
For all we know, many of the claimed flying hours were on Regional jet or narrowbody.