BREAKING United 777-300ER EMERGENCY LANDING at Sydney Airport March 11, 2024

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Today, Monday, March 11, 2024, United's regularly scheduled UA830 777-300ER service from Sydney to San Francisco returned to the airport after a little under an hour of flying time. Upon arrival back into Sydney, the aircraft was met with an army of fire crew and police. On approach, the landing gear compartment doors could be seen wide open, as well as smoke coming from one of the tires on the right-hand side of the aircraft. Upon re-watching my footage, I noticed that on takeoff, the tire could already be seen smoking. It would appear that the crew didn't receive any warnings until well into the cruise, despite the issue being present at takeoff.
United has had a tough run of it lately, with all of the following incidents happening in the past week: a 777-200 bound for Osaka lost one of its wheels on takeoff, a 737max skidded off the runway in Houston, a 737-900 had flames shooting out of its engines after ingesting bubble wrap, an A320 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a hydraulic failure and news of a 737max landing earlier in the year at Newark with locked rudder pedals.
I hate to say it, but I wonder what will be next for UA. I get that a lot of this is out of their hands, but they are responsible for the planes they fly.
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@Klink330 Місяць тому

There was no fire on that aircraft - not after take off, nor on approach and landing. It suffered what looks to be a hydraulic failure, probably from a breached hydraulic line on the right main gear. The ‘smoke’ on take off was the hydraulic fluid spraying out. That’s why the gear was extended by gravity, leading to the gear doors staying open but the landing. You can see the proof of this after the aircraft had been parked for some time - a puddle of hydraulic fluid can be seen expanding on the apron from under the rear wheel area of the right bogie. The smoke coming from the gear at that time is from the hydraulic fluid coming into contact with the hot brake assembly. A single hydraulic system failure is no major issue, but they would’ve been in contact with UA engineering straight after takeoff, who then would’ve directed them to return to SYD rather than continue for another 11 hours on only two hydraulic systems.

@davidwarren202 Місяць тому

It probably was non etops compliant with 1 unserviceable hydraulic system

@lisawesley7132 Місяць тому

💯💯💯💯

@Klink330 Місяць тому

@@davidwarren202 I can’t be sure about the B777, but I would be surprised if its ETOPS/EDTO diversion criteria was substantially different to the Airbus twins I’m familiar with. A single hydraulic system failure on its own, ie no generator failures/MELs, does not preclude ETOPS operation, irrespective of whether the ETOPS area has been entered or not. Whether it is wise to do so depends on the sector being operated. A trans-Pacific flight would best be avoided, as UA chose to do on this occasion.

@pjford1118 Місяць тому

I wonder why then after the taxi back one of the tires was smoking. I'd suspect a stuck brake or under inflated tire more after watching the whole video.

@Klink330 Місяць тому

@@pjford1118 As I mentioned in my first post, that’s normal when hydraulic fluid (seen leaking into the tarmac/apron) comes into contact with hot post-landing brakes.

@get2dachoppa249 Місяць тому

The gear doors hanging open like that typically indicates the gear was lowered using the alternate/emergency method.

@NewYorkAviation Місяць тому

Interesting. I was wondering about that. Any reason why they would be using that?

@get2dachoppa249 Місяць тому

@@NewYorkAviation The smoke to me seems more like hydraulic fluid spraying out of somewhere. If you follow that logic, then you have a hydraulic leak thats depleting the center hyd system. By the time you get the "LO HYD LEVEL" warning on the EICAS, you're about 30 minutes out over the Pacific, so you have to turn around and fly back 30 minutes, so now that system is nearly empty of hydraulic fluid except for the emergency fluid in the reservoir that's there for exactly this situation. Excerpt: Landing Gear Alternate Extension The alternate landing gear extension system uses a dedicated DC hydraulic pump and trapped center hydraulic system fluid to extend the landing gear. The hot battery bus supplies power to the pump and an oversize tube from the center hydraulic system reservoir supplies fluid. The tube contains enough fluid to do an alternate extension with an empty center hydraulic system reservoir. Selecting DOWN on the ALTERNATE GEAR switch releases all door and gear uplocks. The landing gear free-fall to the down and locked position without sequencing, and do not tilt. The landing gear lever position has no effect on landing gear alternate extension. The EICAS landing gear position indication displays the expanded gear position indication when the alternate extension system is used. During alternate extension, the EICAS message GEAR DOOR is displayed because all the hydraulically powered gear doors remain open

@get2dachoppa249 Місяць тому

@@NewYorkAviationI think the smoke is actually hydraulic fluid spraying out of the center hydraulic system. By the time the crew got the LO HYD LEVEL warning, they were already 30 minutes into the flight, so they had to turn around and fly 30 minutes back to SYD. The alternate gear extension had to be used from lack of fluid. Landing Gear Alternate Extension The alternate landing gear extension system uses a dedicated DC hydraulic pump and trapped center hydraulic system fluid to extend the landing gear. The hot battery bus supplies power to the pump and an oversize tube from the center hydraulic system reservoir supplies fluid. The tube contains enough fluid to do an alternate extension with an empty center hydraulic system reservoir. Selecting DOWN on the ALTERNATE GEAR switch releases all door and gear uplocks. The landing gear free-fall to the down and locked position without sequencing, and do not tilt. The landing gear lever position has no effect on landing gear alternate extension. The EICAS landing gear position indication displays the expanded gear position indication when the alternate extension system is used. During alternate extension, the EICAS message GEAR DOOR is displayed because all the hydraulically powered gear doors remain open

@Henry_Aviation Місяць тому

@@NewYorkAviation I think the landing gear area may have had a hydraulic issue/leak which forced the crew to do a gravity gear extension which made the doors hang open as well because of the force of gravity. You can also notice the gears were not tilted at landing which also suggest a hydraulic issue.

@wp40 Місяць тому

It appears that the spoilers associated with the Center system did not deploy on landing. Also to note, while nosewheel steering is powered by Center hydraulics, it can be isolated in the event of quantity loss and thus the airplane was able to pull off the runway and taxi to park.

@Testpilottim Місяць тому

We have to be grateful these aircraft have redundancy hydraulic circuits well done to the flight crew for getting back safely.

@lattebudful Місяць тому

And well trained flight deck pilots

@YourboyEJ_lowe Місяць тому

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@crystalwings4520 Місяць тому

@@YourboyEJ_loweYou can't just preaching a religion on a video about aviation. You can't just threatened people with different religions that they will go to hell because they're not on the same religion as yours. And most importantly, fix your grammar, it looks like a total mess.

@abyssalsoul6216 Місяць тому

I'm now retired and flew the 777 at UA for over 20 years and never had one single inflight emergency. It is a great aircraft and the crew did an excellent job. As the saying goes all is well that ends well.

@shuffman8094 Місяць тому

My son worked on these jets for a different airline for 5 years. (He’s now in Flight school to pilot them). Never was there an issue either.

@cybertrade7908 Місяць тому

Yes the 777 Has always been a great aircraft. Wonderful to fly on.

@censoredeveryday3320 Місяць тому

Diversity is our strength

@rapidbull6310 Місяць тому

What's your take on the recently manufactured BA aircrafts? Hearing lot of -ve on the recently manufactured planes. Specially the 737 Maxs.

@imham984 Місяць тому

Great record

@javianjohnson8746 Місяць тому

0:32 that actually looks like some type of leak coming from the gear, not smoke

@imbetterthanyouis Місяць тому

on takeoff its hydraulic fluid , when parked it the fluid cooking off on hot breaks / wheel hub emitting smoke

@Morecreativemind Місяць тому

Hydraulic Leaks

@cristoferomezzatesta2992 Місяць тому

I saw this in flight today. I was just north of Sydney airport and the aircraft flew directly overhead about 3 min after takeoff. There was a trail of white smoke or fluid, from where I was looking directly upwards it looked like it was coming from the tail. It was unusual, like a wing contrail but off the tip of the tail. This explains it!

@kikiryki Місяць тому

Tire explosion?

@2fast790 Місяць тому

You may have also seen fuel jettison.

@roberts9095 Місяць тому

Looks like it was hydraulic fluid, don't breathe that stuff, skydrol is toxic.

@edwardrichardson5567 Місяць тому

Not on take-off.

@legendaryash Місяць тому

@@2fast790If it was coming out of the tail it was likely the hydraulic fluid coming out of the landing gear wells and running down the fuselage until it breaks free where the tail sweeps up. Fuel comes out near the wing tips when they perform a fuel dump.

@xkoote Місяць тому

Looks like a line burst causing depletion of the center hydraulic system. That would cause an alternate gear extension. The smoke on lift off is probably aeration of hydraulic fluid. Smoke after landing is probably remaining hydraulic fluid dripping onto the hot brakes. The smoke dissipates as the brakes cool back down in the breeze.

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

Great explanation and systems knowledge.

@MirceaGavris Місяць тому

Why would the brakes should be hot, if the plane ✈️ took off?

@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Місяць тому

Took the words right outta my mouth and mind

@cjmillsnun Місяць тому

@@MirceaGavris Did you miss the bit where the hot brakes was associated with "smoke after landing"?

@williamfraser27 Місяць тому

This time it’s not Boeing’s problem, but United Airlines maintenance issues

@Hyper_NexusJunisBlue Місяць тому

Yep as you can see the hydraulics leak at the landing gear door

@AidenLegends10 Місяць тому

I agree since all the incidents with Uniteds planes people just this it’s Boeing fault. The plane is also 6 years old!!

@tgshark1 Місяць тому

UA service having issues lately, that and the pilot trying to take a turn at 25knots vs the SOP 10

@drmayeda1930 Місяць тому

@@AidenLegends10 This is the only incident I know of for United the others were American Airlines.

@jhmcd2 Місяць тому

Only the door issue was Boeing's fault of all these recent aircraft issues, (it should be noted that the fire was an Airbus), and even then Alaska shares much of the blame for letting it go so long even though they knew something was wrong.

@AZAce1064 Місяць тому

10 years ago my family and I were on a United flight from Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Puerto Rico to Phoenix Via Newark with a 2 hour layover and the departure was late due to plane problems causing us to miss our connecting flight. Well we slept on the floor at the Newark airport where stuck for 19 hours and it sucked bad. No reimbursement, no motel and not even a invitation into the lounge. NEVER AGIN!

@FranktheDachshund Місяць тому

My family was trapped in similar circumstances, they just kept saying it would be two more hours over and over until 16 hours had passed. We would have checked ourselves into a hotel if we had know how long we would be there.

@cjmillsnun Місяць тому

Aircraft go tech all the time. Whether you get a hotel or not depends on availability.

@imham984 Місяць тому

Too much focus on saving money and not on customer service these days

@williamsharp5973 Місяць тому

Either United's problems are previously being under-reported, or they are seemingly suddenly having an unusual number of problems. Be assured that luck has nothing to do with it.

@hefoxed Місяць тому

It's spring break in US for a lot of folk, so there's an increased volume of flights. More flights, more potential for problems. After the door issue on Alaska (and combined with MAX horrors), anything bad Boeing related gets news. After the tire issue (which is very unusual failure and rather dramatically with it bouncing down a runway into a tesla), which is looking to be a manufacture defect and not United's fault, anything bad United gets news. The engine failure is also looking to not be United fault (bubble wrap?), the rudder issue appears to be Boeing or manufacture, runway excursion looks to be pilot err/weather/atc. Hydraulic failures aren;'t super super uncommon (based on binging atc/plane incident videos), and thus why there's multiple hydraulic systems on planes so they can land safely as it did here and Friday. These situations just usually don't get into national news, but do since got combination of United+Boeing, they do (tho the hydrlic on Friday was United but airbus, not Beoing). Important to look at this issues in context and not overly dramatize/worry .. .though the boeing door issue and negligence, that likely does deserve the drama/worry.

@hounddog946 Місяць тому

That’s because Boeing went WOKE and now they’re a JOKE.

@linanicolia1363 Місяць тому

Sabotage ? I hope not.

@denniscashell2407 Місяць тому

well did u see the videos of the CEO, and it's hiring priorities? 😅

@kwiky5643 Місяць тому

@@linanicolia1363No but that’s weird it’s specifically with united that it’s happening a lot lately, maybe there’s an underlying issue behind this

@paulsz6194 Місяць тому

well, at least none of the wheels fell off this one....

@bodhi1462 Місяць тому

Lol

@donzender9008 Місяць тому

Didn't get stuck in the grass either.

@h.mandelene3279 Місяць тому

United is having alot of bad luck lately. Too bad it is with Boeing aircraft.

@bobwilson758 Місяць тому

Smaarrtt aass ! Wise guy huh ?

@bobwilson758 Місяць тому

The female fire fighter in yellow helmet is learning how to handle a big spewing hose ! Careful Joanie - that thing will get you in trouble ! She had male supervision - “ coaching “😅

@dwayneaguiar1148 Місяць тому

Wow thank god everybody came out ok.🙏

@3MinutesofAviation Місяць тому

Fantastic capture! May I feature these scenes in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you :)

@NewYorkAviation Місяць тому

Yes, of course. Thanks for asking!

@EleanorPeterson Місяць тому

@@NewYorkAviation- And thank you for being so understanding. 🙂 We all appreciate your generosity in making your video footage available for general viewing. 3 Minutes of Aviation provides a really useful round-up service on UKposts (the channel has a huge following of both experienced professional pilots and 'ordinary' aviation enthusiasts), and has become the first choice for those of us interested in flying matters but without necessarily having the time to watch a 4-hour live-stream. The comment sections of channels like yours (and 3 Mins') are always worth reading in detail; plenty of informed discussion by people who know what they're talking about. [I don't include myself in that category...🤭]

@sixstringedthing Місяць тому

Props to 3Minutes for asking to use and properly credit the footage, and props to NYA for being happy to have it shared.

@PurrBiteMeow Місяць тому

Great footage, mate but please invest in a fuzzy mike cover, wind is loud.

@Wriggs74 Місяць тому

These things happen. The pilot and crew did an amazing job to keep everyone informed and calm. Great work.

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

Absolutely a beautiful, by the book, emergency landing. Perfect!!! Well done flight deck crew!! 😊

@emilkarpo Місяць тому

Maybe Juan Brown?

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

@@emilkarpo Sorry you lost me there.

@linanicolia1363 Місяць тому

Was Juan Brown in that team ? He is the " blancolirio channel ". He will let us know, when he has a minute. He flies a 777 but I do not know if it is United or AAL He lives around SF and goes to Australia on regular trips.

@browntrout1156 Місяць тому

Could be Juan, he flies out of SFO

@Kes121 Місяць тому

@@emilkarpothat would be quite the coincidence but I guess it's possible.

@brentdavidson1 Місяць тому

The internet + LiveATC is half the reason we know about all these things. Seems like systems working as intended, lost 1 system, have 2 backups, decide to return to take a different plane. Seems like the real world where pre-internet we never would have heard about it.

@englishincontext4025 Місяць тому

I flew 747s as flight crew for BA back in the 1970s - pre internet - but never experienced these sorts of problems.

@toddsmith8608 Місяць тому

English... While I'd say people took more pride in their jobs back then, i have a hard time believing BA never had any in flight system failures or mx issues... c'mon.

@nikh9080 Місяць тому

You are absolutely right

@tin2001 Місяць тому

The media ALWAYS reported on incidents like these before the internet. The only thing now is that we know an hour after it happened instead of at 6pm when the news came on the TV. Oh, and we've almost always got 4K video of the takeoff and landing now thanks to the abundance of cheap cameras available.

@toddsmith8608 Місяць тому

Billions of people walking around with video cameras in their pockets able to stream instantly to the rest of the planet. It wasn't always like this. So naturally we see more of everything today than we used to, but it doesn't necessarily mean that _____ is happening more often.

@freeagent8225 Місяць тому

Great to have a place where all the aviation experts can meet.

@leokimvideo Місяць тому

Weird how this never made it onto the news, too much interest in dodgy bad Royals photo edits

@shooting4star2023 Місяць тому

There are far more UKpostsrs all over the world doing live plane spotting streaming than conventional news reporters. Just like the wheel falling off another United Boeing 777 taking off from San Francisco last week, that video was from a popular UKposts channel Cali Planes.

@markgallagher1376 Місяць тому

Because it’s not really newsworthy. The plane had an issue, the pilots obviously declared they needed an emergency landing and they landed the plane. There are redundant systems on planes for this reason and no one was probably ever in danger.

@alohafromthe3033 Місяць тому

Saw your comment & realized I’ve seen LOTS of your vids. Just subbed. And YES, this should have been in the news. At least they reported the very suspicious death of the Boeing whistleblower.

@johannesbols57 Місяць тому

@davidunwin7868 Місяць тому

I saw it on the news in MEL. Can't remember which channel it was on.

@kikopoo1 Місяць тому

WTF is going on with United Airlines lately. They really need to investigate their maintenance people.

@lisadioguardi5742 Місяць тому

Maybe they should have taken the money they spent buying back their stock to artificially inflate the value, and instead invested it in more maintenance employees and more training programs.

@muhdiversity7409 Місяць тому

Nothing to see here. Nothing is on fire. When Boeing sold its manufacturing to a venture capitalist there was also nothing to see and there were no dumpster fires later.

@drew8256 Місяць тому

Many airlines are off shoring the maintenance to cheap countries

@clitsing6034 Місяць тому

it's getting too dangerous to fly united

@straybubbles7334 Місяць тому

It's that bloody dei training and their inclusive hires program. Darn yanks

@jpmasters-aus Місяць тому

United seems to be having some wheel issues within a week - last week a wheel of a 777 fell off just after take-off an damagin a car.

@janblackman6204 Місяць тому

That was Boeing plane and it landed in LAX

@georgydabbadie2194 Місяць тому

There is nothing wrong with Boeing, it's United Airlines maintenance which is not up to date. Wheel falling off last week and now....United Airlune has never been reliable since 2015. Next year will be 10 years.

@khylejoseph166 Місяць тому

@janblackman6204 Has nothing to do with it being a Boeing. That was purely a United maintenence issue as the aircraft is over 20 years old.

@oubrioko Місяць тому

Yes, some wheely public wheel issues

@AnotherDoug Місяць тому

And the following day a United 737 slid off the runway at IAH in Houston

@davidball9041 Місяць тому

I'm surprised Channel 7 and Channel 9 didn't put this video on their 6pm bulletin. Isn't UKposts where they get all their news?

@AU_4591 Місяць тому

And if they did they would not have given credit to New York Aviation .

@katiewillison2730 Місяць тому

Lol

@sixstringedthing Місяць тому

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@llamavert Місяць тому

great capture and footage Sam, not your normal upload but every entertaining :)

@Aviatorspot Місяць тому

Great catch buddy. So the landing gear wasn't up. Strong wind indeed. Subbed 😊😊

@Rasscasse Місяць тому

Nice coverage 👍

@HelenWheelsUtah Місяць тому

The tires didn't get the memo that this was a non-smoking flight.

@Sandra-mw3yp Місяць тому

That was just lame....worse than a Dad joke

@Miketheman926 Місяць тому

@@Sandra-mw3yp hey I love dad jokes What sound does a birds phone make ??? Wing Wing

@Sandra-mw3yp Місяць тому

@@Miketheman926That's the best 'Dad' Joke ever :-) P.S. I won't tell my husband I said that

@kimberlybain9143 Місяць тому

I think United needs to investigate their maintenance departments. IMO

@rael5469 Місяць тому

United has 949 aircraft. 944 of them made their flights without issue.

@brandonbrown4819 Місяць тому

And most of the 944 yesterday flew multiple flights!!

@rael5469 Місяць тому

@@brandonbrown4819 Quite correct.

@philipmullins5185 Місяць тому

During the peak of Covid , lots of airlines were out of action and stood idle for a long time maybe this is the reason lots of faults are showing up recently

@gsr4535 Місяць тому

Huh? That was years ago. More likely due to United's DEI programs. Plus, isn't United's CEO a drag queen?

@edwardrichardson5567 Місяць тому

How long ago was that???

@tiberius1701 Місяць тому

@@edwardrichardson5567 Less than 6 years...

@linanicolia1363 Місяць тому

No, that was 3 years ago.

@10293 Місяць тому

@@linanicolia1363So…. Less than 6 years like the prior answer said then

@alvarocolindres4764 Місяць тому

What is going on with united plane’s to many problems with the landing gear ⚙️

@celebrityrog Місяць тому

And funny thing is all these planes are based out of SFO a major united hub and maintenance center. So what gives.

@timduggan1461 Місяць тому

Yes, as others have noted, it was an hydraulic leak issue. Look at 1:08, the landing. Main Gear doors still open....this means that the hydraulic system that operates the gear and doors has failed. This is NOT a maintenance issue. It is simple mechanical failure. We train for these contingencies.

@user-fx4mf1je4l Місяць тому

You cannot know yet if the hydraulic failure is or is not a maintenance issue.

@christopherescott6787 Місяць тому

Bravo. FINALLY a commonsense, accurate answer amongst the Boeing/United bashers. Well said sir.

@edwardrichardson5567 Місяць тому

When gear doors stay down, you bet your boots its a hydraulic failure in the system.

@AnotherDoug Місяць тому

Isn't maintenance supposed to prevent mechanical failures?

@christopherescott6787 Місяць тому

@@AnotherDougDo you maintain every component on your vehicle? Or does a belt let go or a rad hose fail.....Maintenance reduces issues. It does eliminate them all.

@Mlgraham22 Місяць тому

Dude, spare $10 for a wind screen for the mic. Can I start a GoFundMe?

@GH-oi2jf Місяць тому

There have been several emergency landings of Airbus planes in the last couple of years, for hydraulic failure or smoke in the cabin, but they don't usually make the news.

@skooter2767k Місяць тому

Because airbus usually doesn’t kill anyone

@SKYSTAR767 Місяць тому

Some one or some group of journalists have a bone to pick with Boeing.

@skooter2767k Місяць тому

@@SKYSTAR767 well being in the news all the time with issues kind of puts the magnifying glass on them and rightfully so

@thereissomecoolstuff Місяць тому

@@skooter2767kSorry looking for recent fatalities from BA. Considering they have 10000 planes flying on the planet as we speak. I’d stfu if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

@thereissomecoolstuff Місяць тому

@@skooter2767kthat’s his point. Airbus has the same issues but they aren’t covered by the media.

@armywidow6004 Місяць тому

So glad it landed safely. That had to be scary. Great job by the pilots and crew.

@dond668 Місяць тому

Reminds me of when I lost a power steering hose on my 1970 Nova. What a mess.

@jasonrichards5854 Місяць тому

Dont know how many of you watch "STIG SHIFT" or not, he is a AA Line Mechanic based in LAX, and he brought up a VERY good point in his last video...............for instance, the wheel (or tire, for those of you out there who want to be 100 percent correct) that fell off of the UA 777 at SFO................so, let me ask you all, if you bought a Ford, and you had it for a couple of years, and the wheel suddenly fell off, would you blame Ford for it? (keep in mind, youve had it for a couple of years, have changed many tires on it by this point, due to running over a nail or screw, the tire was getting bald, etc.) would you blame Ford for it?

@vickyburton2434 Місяць тому

Love him!

@stopspewinshit7878 Місяць тому

nope blame MX

@jasonrichards5854 Місяць тому

@@vickyburton2434 same, I love aircraft and I get to live vicariously through him

@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Місяць тому

Who knows if the tires were changed (don't know the history of that airplane). Tires (on vehicles anyway) are supposed to last at least a couple years. Most tires are warranteed anywhere from 30,000 to 35,000 miles. Aircraft tires see nowhere near that mileage. My presumption would be that they last for many years, even decades (absent some other problem).

@jakem7838 Місяць тому

The 777 which lost the wheel, was 22 years old. The wheel/tire assembly would have been changed hundreds of times.

@adersontorres4351 Місяць тому

I hope we don't go blaming Boeing for this. United has been having all kinds of issues. Just last week a tire fell off a triple 7. It was diverted to LAX with no issues. I think that United needs to hold the mechanic accountable. I feel these are mechanical issues. I watch some of the videos from JP Pilot and let me tell you, some of the tires on those planes should not be on there, but they think they are good. Pilots also need to be accountable. If you have to wait to resolve the issue, so be it. We have all been lucky, but one day we might not be so.

@TheLayoverAviation Місяць тому

What a good catch my friend! At the right place at the right time 😜

@jonathanhernandez4304 Місяць тому

Excellent commentary here. No joke. Obviously people that are true aviation enthusiasts like myself. It's refreshing!

@miguelhernandez8057 Місяць тому

Looks like a loose or ruptured hydraulic line leaking on to the wheel brakes they get extremely hot & radiate heat for well over an hour after landing or even taxing before taking off.

@Design_no Місяць тому

Love all the expert comments 😂

@deepalperera4592 Місяць тому

great footage

@geirbroholt5726 Місяць тому

i was in an United airplane in 2010. It was a flight from Orlando- Oslo,Norway. Full stop at take off. i think we had about 80 knots,when the plane have full brakes,, i was so scared,overheard that it could be a hydraulic failure. i really don’t know what happened,but for sure,it was scary.

@jdmguy44 Місяць тому

Questionable maintenance at United these days it seems...

@157294 Місяць тому

What makes you say questionable? What are you talking about?

@jdmguy44 Місяць тому

@@157294 This story follows another last week when a wheel fell off a B772..... questionable maintenance as I said.

@UPRailRoad-xg8cb Місяць тому

So this would make incident number 6 over the course of a week involving United Airlines?! They've got some serious issues to work out.

@UPRailRoad-xg8cb Місяць тому

@@Aesopsfabledoo Oh really, explain.

@Blank00 Місяць тому

@@UPRailRoad-xg8cbthis would be number 5, and number 3 for maintainence causes. 1. Engine fire was caused by airport failing to clean up bubble wrap 2. Wheel loss caused by maintainence 3. Runway excursion caused by ATC ordering pilots to not slow down, causing an oversped turn 4. Maintainence, but this time it’s an Airbus 5. This, caused by maintainence, the 777 has a great track record in a sense that no previous incident involving 777 was caused by Boeing.

@UPRailRoad-xg8cb Місяць тому

@@Blank00 Don't forget the 4th maintenance story. A United Airbus A320 departing O'hare for Salt Lake City had to return to O'hare because the oil light came on. Still, 4 incidents involving United Airlines maintenance over the course of a week does nothing to boost my confidence in the airline. I still say they have some serious issues because that number is just too high.

@Blank00 Місяць тому

@@Aesopsfabledoo they aren’t.

@Blank00 Місяць тому

@@UPRailRoad-xg8cb I already mentioned the A320 incident

@cobraxspeed Місяць тому

Yep fractured hydraulic line or coupling pissing a small amount of hydraulic fluid onto the red hot brakes causing the smoke, The fluid can be seen upon rotation vaporising just before the gear comes up. Great footage.

@user-uq2rr4xt9g Місяць тому

Turn mic off when in the wind!!!!

@AlfieDoug Місяць тому

@user-uq2rr4xt9g. Turn comments off when nothing useful to say.

@johnmarks8637 Місяць тому

Other airlines operate these same aircraft without the problems United is encountering.

@Druze_Tito Місяць тому

Maybe they operate it less often or have a shorter service life so far. Possible? One needs the details before making conclusions.

@johnmarks8637 Місяць тому

I wasn’t drawing any conclusions, just making a true statement given the facts in hand.

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

Not True. I dont know if you noticed, but these big behemoths are basically machines and they do break. The focus here should be and is the actions of the crew. That was perfect.

@MyMccarron Місяць тому

Maybe they are flying them by AI

@johnmarks8637 Місяць тому

I agree that the flight crew performance was exemplary, with the possible exception of the plane that went off the runway/taxiway at IAH. I hope United will examine these issues thoroughly, in conjunction with the FAA and airport maintenance.

@patriciariley9770 Місяць тому

This is the 2nd one The other one was at LAX landing gear problems a few days ago ???

@shawnmccorkle5059 Місяць тому

Correct! Was going to mention that. Thank you

@idunnoanymore2870 Місяць тому

Don’t forget about the one in sfo losing a tire on takeoff.

@rael5469 Місяць тому

United has 949 aircraft. 944 of them made their flights without issue.

@AnotherDoug Місяць тому

and the United 737 that slid off the runway at IAH

@keylargo7647 Місяць тому

Ahhh they ran off the runway in Texas and there have been 5 or 6 in the past week😂😂😂. May I suggest FAA check Maintenance records or start keeping a flow chart. EXECUTIVES LOVE FLOW CHARTS😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ricksadler797 Місяць тому

Glad nobody was hurt ❤

@daylightdaylight6612 Місяць тому

In September 2023 I flew from LAX to HNL and on approach at HNL we made a go arround and the captain made an announcement that there was a problem with the flaps

@idunnoanymore2870 Місяць тому

Buddy u need something to stop the wind noise on your mic!!!

@Zman556 Місяць тому

Damn my family and I are traveling internationally next Month and we are riding United, all this United issues that i have seen this week is making me feel unease.

@garymartin9777 Місяць тому

not an injury so far. Go for it and have a nice trip.

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

You will be just fine and you’ll have a great experience. It was the actions of the well trained crew and they did great.

@PatrickWagz Місяць тому

The only thing that scares me about flying, is the *drive* to the airport. 😕

@AnotherDoug Місяць тому

Whenever I fly, I deliberately avoid aviation videos and news for a month before I go.

@missruzl14 Місяць тому

This is why I fly British Airways! Rubbish customer service but safety first!

@davegeorge7094 Місяць тому

What did maintanence do the the gear that's not been done before now?

@apveening Місяць тому

Nothing, the problem is more likely they failed to do something.

@jnor321 Місяць тому

You can clearly see the "Heat haze" or heat shimmer from that engine causing the tire to almost ignite and smoke.

@SMichaelDeHart Місяць тому

Great catch!! It was definitely smoking at time they lifted off.

@NewYorkAviation Місяць тому

Thanks! Right place at the right time, my first time spotting at SYD too. Only caught the smoke on takeoff after editing!

@SMichaelDeHart Місяць тому

@@NewYorkAviationYou could probably sell your camera work to some of the US Main Street Media. They'd eat it up!!

@linanicolia1363 Місяць тому

Smoke does not always means fire. It could be evaporation of hydraulic fluid on some hot metal.

@airlinena Місяць тому

How about investing in a wind sock for your microphone! 👎🏻

@blokeabouttown2490 Місяць тому

It doesn't really matter, it's not like there was any dialogue to hear.

@airlinena Місяць тому

@@blokeabouttown2490 👈🏻 IDIOT troll

@oculusangelicus8978 Місяць тому

The gear doors are not withing my knowledge but the smoke coming from the wheels is one of two things, a dragging brake system, or a failed wheel bearing issue, but both create massive amounts of friction that cause the brake pads/shoes to heat and burn up inside of the assembly as well as any rubber inside as well, and can eventually cause the tire to start burning as well, and eventually fail/burst, which, if you are aware of the pressures inside of aircraft tire, can be a catastrophic event. and those firemen are taking a serious risk standing that close to a smoking tire. Since we cannot see the inside bead of the tire and its condition up against the rim.

@EdOeuna Місяць тому

The gear doors not closing means the gear has been extended using the a,ternate system (gravity). This points to a hydraulic loss in the centre system. That spray seen on departure is the centre system emptying itself.

@greglawrance6086 Місяць тому

To be honest it looks like a failure of the hydraulic pressure line to the main truck steering actuator which is positioned at the rear of the trucks and actuates the rear two wheels for tight turns (will give a takeoff config warning if TO power applied and the bogeys aren’t lined up fully)

@tacitdionysus3220 Місяць тому

I used to be an airport firefighter. The risk is aligned with the axles, so they are following the correct procedure. Notice they signal the airline person not to walk close past it. They are also using an infrared camera to look for where the heat is and how much. It’s not at a level you would normally associate with a wheel fire or failure. Aircraft firefighting can be fast and massive, but there are also times for a measured response. You can be certain the four tenders are ready for immediate massive firefighting if needed. Most of this is happening after passengers are off, which will have been their main priority.

@phillp7777 8 днів тому

great great awesome pics zoom full vid of this landung.. awesome great catch ! never would have seen this at all rly ever

@johngareffa7207 Місяць тому

We may have a Blancolirio update where he was part of the crew.

@JBN137 Місяць тому

He flies for AA.

@tonyhowell9203 Місяць тому

United @@JBN137

@molassescricket6663 Місяць тому

We’ll get an update fromJuan regardless guys!

@neuropilot7310 Місяць тому

That would be ironic and definitely interesting, if a AA 777 had an emergency, with Juan being the pilot. There is a story going around that a senior NTSB investigator had an emergency, something like partial, then complete loss of power, and made a successful dead stick landing on a divert airfield. I can only imagine having their friends write the NTSB report if the airframe had been damaged. Not sure on the details of who was involved or when.

@tonyhowell9203 Місяць тому

He works for United @@neuropilot7310

@corysher Місяць тому

Serious concerns for United. I would think their CEO is in contact with the head of maintenance to get a grip of what's going on.

@howac6 Місяць тому

You mean the CEO that’s busy dressing up in drag and parading around at parties?

@nationalzero269 Місяць тому

Nah...he is more worried about DEI.

@SDuapveer11 Місяць тому

Sad but true.😡@@nationalzero269

@linanicolia1363 Місяць тому

The CEO of United made a powerful speech , a couple of days ago . He is taking the blame for everything. What a nice guy !

@JobberSteve Місяць тому

They've lost anybody with any sense so they're stuck and this will be the death of this airline

@cosmicpuma Місяць тому

Well done to the crew for getting the plane and passengers back on the ground safely.

@Joe4USMC Місяць тому

Thank you to the Sydney authorities, especially the FRS. Well done, gents!

@edikaninyang3088 Місяць тому

What happening with United airlines Maintenance????

@swiftadventurer Місяць тому

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qWR1mGtnm2pmo5c.htmlsi=tRZYbRSGo2F2fnBw

@andresmith9212 Місяць тому

What has gone on United in last week or so is nothing unusual, about the same amount of trouble goes on at all large airlines. As of late the news and social media have been reporting anything and everything their get their hands on.

@apveening Місяць тому

They got "upgraded" by Boeing QA.

@jhmcd2 Місяць тому

Clearly, it was a manual gear extension, that's why the gear doors are still open. Just looked it up and they stated it was a hydraulic leak. That would explain the gear smoking. Sometimes the anti-skid systems (or the aircraft's ABS brakes) will fail and the brakes will lock when the aircraft has low hydraulic pressure, and that's the reason for the brakes smoking. But with so many issues, back to back, if I were United I would be auditing my MX facilities big time. MX failures happen and are normal, but this many this close together is ridiculous.

@jakem7838 Місяць тому

Looks like the main gear steering hydraulic line ruptured. The brake systems have fuses, which close if a brake line fails. The smoke is most likely from Skydrol (aircraft hydraulic fluid) leaking on to the hot brake. Skydrol is fire resistant, just smokes ALOT when heated.

@SDuapveer11 Місяць тому

Too many incidents in too little time. I'm starting to wonder if it could be sabotage. 🤔

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

Spot on explanation and excellent systems and procedural knowledge. Ground Instructor? Check airman?

@EdOeuna Місяць тому

Brakes work off the right hydraulic system.

@jhmcd2 Місяць тому

@@EdOeunaOkay. I know on one of my aircraft that if you lose systems or one system has low pressure, even if its not the one that is hit, you will still lose anti-skid. You won't lose breaks just the anti-skid protection.

@Landrew1208 Місяць тому

Im always impressed by the large size of these aircrafts. Amazing technology.

@03chrisv Місяць тому

Seems like a group of people are set on shorting United stock. These problems occur all the time, but are rarely reported on the news.

@acwhit1593 Місяць тому

I was thinking the same thing!

@rnospotter8740 Місяць тому

I’m no longer flying United that’s for sure. I live in Reno, close to San Francisco which is a United hub. But seeing all these events unfold all week, I’m ok with Spirit 👍

@matthewrammig Місяць тому

What are you afraid of?

@QueenJaneway Місяць тому

We all love the banana

@Sandra-mw3yp Місяць тому

If I was an employee of United, you can bet your butt I'd be out looking for another job with another carrier. Jeez, think of the cabin crew had to go this mental torture cause they fly so regularly for a living. I know of one stewardess (From UKposts) who is American went to work for Qantas and her Husband is Australian and I think - but don't quote me on this, previously she worked for United or American Airlines, I would love her take on this

@richardcranium6878 Місяць тому

Reno is NOT any airlines "Hub"....... Haha - wishful thinking

@Junk65 Місяць тому

Let’s blame someone before we know the facts.

@itjustlookslikethis Місяць тому

Yeah, just throw someone under the bus and look for a scapegoat. I saw this mentality in Manufacturing for 30 years.

@user-blmzblbl Місяць тому

Must be fire\overheat wheelwell! We saw the smoke coming from the gear! If hydraulic C sys fail or hydraulic pipe broken,the nose wheer steering also inoperative,that means aircraft can’t turning on ground !

@meofnz2320 Місяць тому

That’s not correct. Nose gear steering is protected by an isolation valve that opens after landing.

@patpozzuto4809 Місяць тому

Was the pilot/mechanic a DEI hire?

@mmperrier50 Місяць тому

Maybe the tyre wanted to depart!

@NewYorkAviation Місяць тому

LOL!

@lmjr400 Місяць тому

😂😂😂

@shawnmccorkle5059 Місяць тому

Like the one in LA few days back

@swanvictor887 Місяць тому

OK, can someone please tell me what the hell is going on with aviation? After 100 years of commercial passenger flying, why has the human race suddenly forgotten how to fly? What the hell is going on at United? 2 777s in two days....? THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Місяць тому

swanvictor Look at flightradar of a shot world wide and see how many planes are in the air at all times, tens of thousands, and stuff does break or wears out or get missed, Only surprising thing is there are not more problems showing up, also he age of aircraft....

@matthewrammig Місяць тому

Aviation is absolutely the safest that it’s ever been in all of recorded history. 50 years ago, it was common for several aircraft to have full hull loss incidents.

@jakem7838 Місяць тому

Aviation in the 70s and 80s was astronomically more dangerous than today.

@mikes7639 Місяць тому

10,000 safe flights a day and as you can see this plane landed safe

@swanvictor887 Місяць тому

well, my mind has been put at ease by all these reassuring comments about how safe the industry is and seemingly, so many people are more than sanguine with the multiple reported failures from Western Airlines over the last few weeks: good to know I'm concerned for nothing and should be more relaxed after all, nothing bad ever comes from complacency, does it....?!

@0w3nn Місяць тому

It's interesting seeing the 777 actually has forward tilt main gears

@bugsysdadenterprises Місяць тому

Sorry, but it would be a rearward tilt on the main bogies. With proper flair, the rear tires make contact with the tarmac first, and as the landing proceeds, the assembly moves towards level, allowing the forward tires to kiss the runway.

@0w3nn Місяць тому

@@bugsysdadenterprises well if you actually watched the video, you’d notice that’s exactly what they didn’t do. But it’s clear you didn’t watch it

@deepauley2742 Місяць тому

United flight ran off the runway in Houston, TX the other day as well.

@edwardwilcox6606 Місяць тому

This could happen to any airline & any plane, anything mechanical is at risk of going wrong. I feel for United though as they`ve been very unlucky recently lets hope this luck changes for the better quickly.

@lmjr400 Місяць тому

Problems at united again . Wow 😮

@TheTransporter007 Місяць тому

You can see a growing puddle underneath the right main bogie, rear right wheel. I'm guessing the aircraft was leaking from a brake cylinder or hydraulic hose.

@keithexum7312 Місяць тому

Hydraulic fluid pouring out of the gear well during takeoff. Luckily planes have alternate emergency extensions to make sure the gear comes down whether they blow it down within two or a second hydraulic circuit to get the gear down.

@EdOeuna Місяць тому

It gravity drops for alternate extension.

@aviationazzurraita1486 Місяць тому

united airlines have a serius problem for the maintenance

@timcucanicful Місяць тому

Can someone tell me what the firefighters were doing? By the looks of it not much apart from creating a puddle around one of their trucks!

@cityplanner3063 Місяць тому

Standard procedure. When airplane issues mayday they must be there when the plane lands

@jpmasters-aus Місяць тому

They have the ability to remotely read the temperature of breaks, and given that they are still smoking, may take action. I think they are also seeing if the wheel heat can disperse without any water, which may cause other issues.

@stephenrickwood909 Місяць тому

Hydraulic fluid is quite flammable and brakes can reach temperatures over 1100 degrees C after landing; not a great combination. The crash crews are there as a precaution.

@TheBeagle58 Місяць тому

I take it you didn't either watch this from the beginning or note the smoke trail, as the landing gears were about to retract

@jakem7838 Місяць тому

@@stephenrickwood909The hydraulic fluid is not flammable. The brakes do not get that hot, maybe 600c. If they got 1100c, the tire fuses would blow.

@Lancaster7 Місяць тому

You had the perfect position to film just needed something to cover the mic from wind and a radio scanner to hear the comms.

@user-lb3jw6jk1s Місяць тому

Passenger planes need cameras installed in vital areas. There has been instances when engine smoke & or fire occurs & the passengers observe however the pilots are oblivious to. I thought the landing gear doors had a sensor switch and indicator light that allows the pilot to know that they are closed.

@AnotherDoug Місяць тому

Of course the crew would have been notified that one of their hydraulics systems lost pressure. There are many sensors on passenger planes - they don't need to be cameras. That's why they returned to the airport they had left an hour earlier. From other comments, the landing gear was lowered without hydraulics and the doors were necessarily left open because of insufficient hydraulic pressure to close them.

@jplewis01 Місяць тому

The Loss of pressure may well have been noted at take off and the 2 Hours in the air may well have been to burn off fuel, conduct test procedures and prepare to land. Its unfortunate to have happened but it seems it was handled well. It also extremely likely that the flight Control System hydraulics are fully isolated from the Landing gear systems. Most here are speculating (including myself) as to the situation plenty of armchair experts and inexperts among us indispersed with good reasoning and explanations.

@Steve757-fl1hd Місяць тому

I doubt maintenance would ask the crew to trouble shoot. Identify the problem, run the procedure to secure the system and burn off fuel to MLW. Deadheading crew gets to crank the gear down (99 cranks?). Oh the memories!

@brianschulte5440 Місяць тому

This is the last thing Boeing needs at this time ! Issue on the production line or bad luck ?

@downunderrob Місяць тому

Maybe both?

@NewYorkAviation Місяць тому

Agreed, a bit of both. This 773 has been in United’s hands for quite some time… a lot of the blame is on them.

@downunderrob Місяць тому

@NewYorkAviation Ahh yes. Blame. Sir, the day one of these falls out of the sky and splatters itself over land or ocean at 500knots. Rest assured, I will be looking for someone to blame. But right now, it's a question of responsibility, duty of care, proper manufacture and maintenance. No one needs to be blamed. No one needs assurances. What we the public need, is to know that Companies are doing their jobs. Not just paying lip-service to quality control and safety, so executives can get a bigger bonus. I can't speak for United Airlines, I've never flown with them. But Boeing? The day we can't trust them to build the Best airliners in the World? Will be a dreadful day. 🇭🇲

@Druze_Tito Місяць тому

@@downunderrobNicely said, sir.

@cdnmetelhead4013 Місяць тому

Not a good week for United.

@85steph Місяць тому

What's the circle indicating? The smoke or one of the wheel sets didn't retract?

@weemido831 Місяць тому

What a beautiful bird that triple seven is 😍😍😍

@straightup7up Місяць тому

If it's Boeing, I aint going.

@SpottinPlanesForLife Місяць тому

If it's airbus then I ain't gonna bust

@straightup7up Місяць тому

@@SpottinPlanesForLife doesn't have the same jingle, lol

@TommyRaines Місяць тому

B olting O ur E quipment I s N ot G uaranteed

@savagemaggot007 Місяць тому

Good capture

@lizmallard7158 Місяць тому

Be assured the plane will be in good engineers hands in Sydney. What a great landing under the circumstances.

@user-fx4mf1je4l Місяць тому

Maybe its CEO can stop doing drag shows, come down off his Woke cloud, and pay attention to running his airline. Is aircraft maintenance personnel now hired and promoted by DEI standards?

@HashtagSuperior 19 днів тому

Shut up -everyone

@thailandrose2603 Місяць тому

Maybe United should wake up and smell the coffee and stop ordering aircraft from Boeing. Quality and safety is not a Boeing priority, only shareholder profits and executive bonus checks.

@wilburfinnigan2142 Місяць тому

thailandrose hey dummy, its a maintainance problem !!! Machines need servicing regulary and pars wear out need replacing.... or are you not aware of that !!!