On Monday, a United Airlines flight from Sydney, Australia had to return two hours into their flight to San Francisco, the latest incident affecting Boeing planes in recent weeks.On March 11, the Boeing 777-300 aircraft, carrying 183 passengers, departed from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to San Francisco International Airport, but returned to Sydney due to a maintenance issue, United confirmed to FOX Television Stations.
" The incident comes on the heels of other incidents that have occurred with the airline over the past week.RELATED: United tells Boeing to stop making the Max 10s the airline ordered: reportLast week, a wheel fell off a United Airlines flight taking off from San Francisco, damaging several cars below, while another flight had to make an emergency landing in Houston after flames were seen coming from one of its engines.
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