A flight that experienced an engine failure in 2018
Not to be confused with United Airlines Flight 175, which was deliberately crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center in 2001.
United Airlines Flight 1175
N773UA, the aircraft involved, seen taking-off from Frankfurt Airport, in 2013.
Incident
Date
February 13, 2018
Summary
Emergency landing following engine failure in cruise
Site
Pacific Ocean
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 777-222
Operator
United Airlines
IATA flight No.
UA1175
ICAO flight No.
UAL1175
Call sign
UNITED 1175
Registration
N773UA
Flight origin
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, U.S.
Destination
Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Passengers
363
Crew
15
Injuries
0
Survivors
378
On February 13, 2018, around noon local time, a Boeing 777-222[a] airplane, operating as United Airlines Flight 1175 (UA1175), experienced an in-flight separation of a fan blade in the No. 2 (right) engine while over the Pacific Ocean en route from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] During level cruise flight shortly before beginning a descent from flight level 360 (roughly 36,000 feet or 11,000 meters), and about 120 miles (100 nmi; 190 km) from HNL, the flight crew heard a loud bang, followed by a violent shaking of the airplane, followed by warnings of a compressor stall. The flight crew shut down the failed engine, declared an emergency, and began a drift-down descent, proceeding direct to HNL where they made a single-engine landing without further incident at 12:37 local time.[2] There were no reported injuries to the 374 passengers and crew on board and the airplane damage was classified as minor under National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) criteria.[3]
NTSB investigators traveled to the scene to begin an incident investigation. They found a full-length fan blade fracture in the No. 2 (right) engine, a Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW4077 turbofan. Its installed set of hollow-core fan blades had undergone two previous overhauls at P&W that included a thermal acoustic imaging (TAI) internal inspection that is intended to prevent this type of failure. The right engine nacelle lost most of the inlet duct and all of the left and right fan cowls immediately after the engine failure. Two small punctures were found in the right side fuselage just below the window belt with material transfer consistent with impact from pieces of an engine fan blade.[3] The damage was eventually repaired and the aircraft returned to service.[4] Improved procedures for TAI inspection were implemented by P&W, increased frequency of TAI inspection was required by regulators, and a redesign of the inlet duct was also initiated by Boeing, all as a result of this incident and investigation.
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^"Terrifying video shows jet engine falling apart mid-flight on its way from San Francisco to Honolulu". Businessinsider. 2018.
^"Engine Cover Blows Off on United Airlines Flight". The New York Times. 2018.
^ abEnglish, William (June 30, 2020). "Aviation Incident Final Report" (PDF). ntsb.gov. National Transportation Safety Board. DCA18IA092. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Ranter, Harro. "Serious incident Boeing 777-222 N773UA, 13 Feb 2018". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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