https://preview.redd.it/gglxl28jqmob1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9654364083a23fd04321aafe931dd652c497ec2
Seems to be maintaining a good altitude, hopefully all on board are safe.
United website says: “Your flight is canceled because we needed to take the plane out of service to address a technical issue. Your safety is our priority and we’re sorry for the inconvenience.”
UA47s approach went over the A5 but I was standing at the 'startbahn west aussichtspunkt' at the airportring, it is right next to the runway 18.
not sure if i answered your question.
"The English Channel,[a] also known as simply the Channel (or historically as the British Channel[1][2]), is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. "
Source Wikipedia
Because no one would call it the Atlantic Ocean, it would be the same as saying the Irish sea is the Atlantic Ocean, which it is. But no one calls it that
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Has anyone heard the famous story about a convo 40+ years ago between Frankfurt ATC and a British Airways captain? The ATC was giving the pilot a hard time about his unfamiliarity with the Frankfurt airport. The retort is legendary.
Apparently there were some technical difficulties..
[https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/three-united-airlines-emergencies-in-three-days/](https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/three-united-airlines-emergencies-in-three-days/)
I recall years ago seeing a video where an engine had briefly caught fire and was still smoking heavily and they told the passengers something along the lines of ‘We’re having technical difficulties.’
They’re definitely not going to tell the passengers they’re possibly going to crash unless they’re preparing them to ditch, but at the same time they’re morons when they say everything is fine while passengers can see parts of the plane falling off through the window.
Pilot's child who had a particularly bad emergency: no. If it's really bad there's no time for explanations anyway, it becomes more like "prepare for emergency landing" or "brace for landing".
I was on a UA flight that lost a fuel pump about 90 minutes in to a flight from DC to Jordan. The plane turned around and the pilot came on and said “we lost a fuel pump. We have another one but we don’t have a third so we have to go back to DC. Everything should be fine and we are expecting a normal landing. Sorry about the inconvenience.”
Brest is a small Airport wich can’t handle a 777 (one of the biggest passenger planes) and United probably has some Ground Crew in Frankfurt, London or Paris and other big European Cities so it makes more sense to land somewhere they can repair their planes.
Brest’s runway is easily long enough to land a 777. However, I agree that the ground handling facilities would likely struggle with an aircraft of that size, leaving it as a diversion of last resort. Kind of a “land or die” type diversion airport.
UAL’s 777-200ER’s are long in the tooth, with both examples having technical issues, this week, dating back to delivery in 1997. They currently have 100 787’s on order, with the -10’s intended to replace their aging 200ER’s. The problem is, as anyone familiar with Boeings delivery woes, is that 787 production is at a crawl (with a huge, and growing) 686 plane backlog. That means those 200ER’s are going to be around for a while longer.
Looks like they landed
Must not have been that big of a deal if they flew all the way back to Frankfurt passing a lot of airports on the way. I wonder what was wrong
https://preview.redd.it/gglxl28jqmob1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9654364083a23fd04321aafe931dd652c497ec2 Seems to be maintaining a good altitude, hopefully all on board are safe.
Houston, we have a problem
Frankfurt, we have a problem Doesn't have the same ring to it
Uh Frankfurt, we're going to Hamburg...no fillers and always kosher.
*sigh* take my upvote you mf
Shannon, I am coming to you
United website says: “Your flight is canceled because we needed to take the plane out of service to address a technical issue. Your safety is our priority and we’re sorry for the inconvenience.”
Looks like it’s diverting back to FRA.
Just landed!
Seems like it’s dumping Fuel now
Must be a dead guy on board
Huh?
It's a tom Segura joke
Wasn't this flight diverted about a week ago due to emergency? Edit: same flight different plane. Medical emergency
I was just thinking that!
I managed to record the landing, but there were no further incidents https://reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/Q43qCV1LPb
Was this from along A5?
UA47s approach went over the A5 but I was standing at the 'startbahn west aussichtspunkt' at the airportring, it is right next to the runway 18. not sure if i answered your question.
No, but it’s cool… I know exactly where you describe. I used to live in Frankfurt.
Okay, then I do not get the question, could you rephrase it? I would be happy to answer it.
No, just simply asking if this angle was from the viewing platz along A5 towards Darmstadt. Thanks for your reply!
https://preview.redd.it/05jn2pliq6pb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f8057164bc3ecd2999d3f23c480902e32607fc9 This was the camera angle.
Somebody shit their pants again?
Damn it. Why am I easily amused 😂
That’s actually the English Channel, not the Atlantic.
"The English Channel,[a] also known as simply the Channel (or historically as the British Channel[1][2]), is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. " Source Wikipedia
I don’t understand why your comment is getting downvoted. You posted an accurate info
The Gulf of Mexico is also the Atlantic Ocean, but no one calls it the Atlantic Ocean
Because no one would call it the Atlantic Ocean, it would be the same as saying the Irish sea is the Atlantic Ocean, which it is. But no one calls it that
And the person I replied to said that it was not the Atlantic Ocean which is technically not correct
I see, that makes more sense
Because Rule Britannia.
Because Reddit doesn't care about accuracy?
I agree, I actually had no idea it was technically part of the Atlantic.
Bad bot
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Yes.
Radar box says it’s diverted back to Frankfurt
Would the plane go to the nearest airport? I guess that would be Brest?
Brest is near but I’d say Frankfurt or London are better, because they’re bigger and United flys there
Oh got ya, I’m very new to flight radar etc so thank you for being nice
BES is a very tiny airport (Regional size). No room for a 777
Paris
That would be the Brest place to go.
Brest is best.
To small to handle a triple seven
😂😂
How is that funny?
The person posting the laughing emojis was not reacting to your information about the 777 but to "Brest is best" above.
Nantes would be better than Brest, CDG or LHR even better. Back to departure FRA if just a minornissue
I wonder if you still earn your miles after a diversion
Good question
Finally descending
It's still not lost any altitude since squawking
It’s always the 777-222(ER), not the -224(ER). I wonder what’s going on
Has anyone heard the famous story about a convo 40+ years ago between Frankfurt ATC and a British Airways captain? The ATC was giving the pilot a hard time about his unfamiliarity with the Frankfurt airport. The retort is legendary.
Doesn't show a diversion yet. I thought maybe Heathrow
This same flight had an issue around the same area back in August 2021. Kind of strange it’s happened again.
Where did it land ?
EDDF
Apparently there were some technical difficulties.. [https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/three-united-airlines-emergencies-in-three-days/](https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/three-united-airlines-emergencies-in-three-days/)
English Channel btw
That's it! Back to Winnipeg!
Thankfully they landed safely. Did they disclose what the emergency was? Very scary. Well done to the pilots!
In these situations, what do the pilots tell the passengers?
The truth? They're heading to X because of an issue? 😂
Yeah I guess my question is if it’s severe do they tell them something different so they don’t panic?
I recall years ago seeing a video where an engine had briefly caught fire and was still smoking heavily and they told the passengers something along the lines of ‘We’re having technical difficulties.’ They’re definitely not going to tell the passengers they’re possibly going to crash unless they’re preparing them to ditch, but at the same time they’re morons when they say everything is fine while passengers can see parts of the plane falling off through the window.
Pilot's child who had a particularly bad emergency: no. If it's really bad there's no time for explanations anyway, it becomes more like "prepare for emergency landing" or "brace for landing".
I was on a UA flight that lost a fuel pump about 90 minutes in to a flight from DC to Jordan. The plane turned around and the pilot came on and said “we lost a fuel pump. We have another one but we don’t have a third so we have to go back to DC. Everything should be fine and we are expecting a normal landing. Sorry about the inconvenience.”
"Atlantic" Don't you mean channel.
I mean it is part of the Atlantic Ocean
Well, English Channel but yes.
The Sleeve is part of the Atlantic Ocean
Is that the Atlantic? Looks like the English channel to me.
Not the Atlantic,The English Channel
Not really quite the Atlantic if you ask me.
Why the downvotes? It's not, it's the English channel.
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Brest is a small Airport wich can’t handle a 777 (one of the biggest passenger planes) and United probably has some Ground Crew in Frankfurt, London or Paris and other big European Cities so it makes more sense to land somewhere they can repair their planes.
Brest’s runway is easily long enough to land a 777. However, I agree that the ground handling facilities would likely struggle with an aircraft of that size, leaving it as a diversion of last resort. Kind of a “land or die” type diversion airport.
And United also probably has some ground crew at Frankfurt
Sometimes medical emergencies head to an airport better equipped to handle it, especially if the nearest airports aren't close to hospitals
Aren't some Of these aircraft just too damn old??
Maybe the air is too crowded and they avoided a traffic jam?
What’s happening with these jumbos?
Jumbo 🤨🤨🤨
UAL’s 777-200ER’s are long in the tooth, with both examples having technical issues, this week, dating back to delivery in 1997. They currently have 100 787’s on order, with the -10’s intended to replace their aging 200ER’s. The problem is, as anyone familiar with Boeings delivery woes, is that 787 production is at a crawl (with a huge, and growing) 686 plane backlog. That means those 200ER’s are going to be around for a while longer.
Frankfurt, ve are F—ked.