UA839 diversion to American Samoa

[jase05]

UA839 LAX-SYD diverted to PPG with right engine issues.

 

[jb747]

Looks like United now has a 787 in Samoa, after the flight to Sydney diverted with (supposedly) and engine failure. The FR24 profile shows a descent to FL200, so that's a reasonable cause. Engine failures from a steady state cruise are pretty rare. Flight time from the event until landing was a little over 2:30.

 

[Hvr]

Australians stranded on Pacific island after engine issue grounds plane

Passengers onboard a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles will spend their New Year’s Eve in the middle of the Pacific after their plane was diverted halfway through its journey to Sydney.

www.smh.com.au

They're safe on the ground. That's the most important thing to remember.

 

[Quickstatus]

The diversion of UA839 has resulted in the cancellation of 2 787 services back to the US:
UA842 SYD-LAX
UA100 SYD-IAH
- one aircraft in PPG and one recovery aircraft sent from SYD

The recovery aircraft UA2796 SYD-PPG departing 1700hrs local time today arriving just after midnight to pick up the PPG passengers..
Interestingly UA 2795 SYD-PPG was planned with a 1120hrs local time departure but was cancelled (which is the usual departure time of UA100 back to IAH)

Some relatively exotic diversion destinations in the last few days. Not a bad place to be stranded - GYD and now PPG. (Obviously MEL not included )

@Melburnian1

 

[Sprucegoose]

Cool place for a divert.

I believe UA100 (SYD-IAH) will fly as UA2976 (inbound UA101) is heading to PPG to rescue UA 101 pax and return to Sydney. The rescue flight was initially planned to arrive SYD 0800 01JAN; it looks like that has been pushed back roughly 8 hours later.

I understand pax were informed of an oil leak indication in one of the engines.

 

[Quickstatus]

UA100 (SYD-IAH) will fly as UA2976

Initially, the inbound UA839 (N38955) was supposed to operate UA 100 SYD-IAH, but because of the UA836 diversion, the inbound UA101 (N24979) will operate UA2796 .

Also the 30Dec22 UA101 IAH-SYD has also been cancelled. This means that on 01jan23 there will be only x1 UA842 and x1 UA100 and one will be a delayed flight as it will be coming from PPG - for 2 sets of passengers each.

 

[jb747]

I understand pax were informed of an oil leak indication in one of the engines.

Oil leaks aren't a problem until they stop.

 

[Quickstatus]

Oil leaks aren't a problem until they stop.

In my part of the world, a surgical professor used to say "all bleeding eventually stops"

 

[Sprucegoose]

Oil leaks aren't a problem until they stop.

And I guess there are leaks, and there are leaks!

Good practice to assume the worst where safety is concerned.

 

[RSD]

In my part of the world, a surgical professor used to say "all bleeding eventually stops"

A CFA captain looked at a smoke column rising from Phillip Island one very hot day and commented "Dunno what all the fuss is about - its contained"

 

[Brissy1]

Not a bad place to be stranded

They'd have trouble getting me back on the plane

 

[Mwenenzi]

Avherald--> The Aviation Herald

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N38955 performing flight UA-839 (dep Dec 29th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL380 about 960nm north of Pago Pago (American Samoa) when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (GEnx) down suspecting an engine oil leak. The aircraft turned south, drifted down to FL200 and diverted to Pago Pago for a safe landing about 2.5 hours later.

United reported a replacement aircraft is being dispatched to Pago Pago from Sydney estimated to land the passengers in Sydney in the morning of New Year's Day Jan 1st 2023 at about 07:15L. The aircraft had diverted to Pago Pago due to a mechanical issue.

A replacement Boeing 787-9 registration N24979 is currently enroute from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Pago Pago estimated to arrive there at about 00:44L (Dec 31st, just east of the date boundary, 11:44Z Dec 31st 2022).

 

[tomlee1986]

according to flightradar24, UA3032 - the rescue flight has landed at 6:52am on 01/01/2023 - aircraft registration is N24979

 

[Quickstatus]

About 2.5hrs on one engine

 

[Sprucegoose]

They'd have trouble getting me back on the plane

Yes understand that.

But if the captain was prepared to fly then so would I

 

[flydoc]

They'd have trouble getting me back on the plane

Yes understand that.

But if the captain was prepared to fly then so would I

I think @Brissy1 meaning reluctance to leave such an an exotic location, rather than aircraft safety concerns

 

[Quickstatus]

prepared to fly then so would I

The choice:
Already missed the fireworks which every year they say it will be bigger and better than the last but end up bring the same or another Margaritas or three by a Pango Pango beach resort somewhere.

The ESTA should still work

Yes Pango Pango - phonetically.

 

[Melburnian1]

Some relatively exotic diversion destinations in the last few days. Not a bad place to be stranded - GYD and now PPG. (Obviously MEL not included )

@Melburnian1

Yes, no one would want to be diverted to the declining state of Victoria!

 

[Quickstatus]

Lol, though to be kind to our cousins down under, I was referring to MEL after JQ35 turnaround. MEL would be the last place. Even ASP better. Interestingly FlightAware thought it would divert to ASP

 

[flydoc]

Certainly some unexpected visitors drop in to ASP from time to time, although it’s been a while since the last one. But as noted in the relevant thread, not the ideal diversion airport for that JQ35 from a crewing POV.