United Airlines is having a rough go of it lately. On Tuesday (Mar. 12) morning, a flight that was heading to San Francisco from Sydney, Australia had to dump a bunch of fuel and turn around after a mysterious “maintenance issue.” An fuller explanation hasn’t been given yet, but a plane spotter, according to footage acquired by NBC Bay Area, caught fluid appearing to spray from the plane’s landing gear. It was the sixth safety incident involving a United plane within the span of a week.
“We maintain all of our aircraft in accordance with United’s FAA-approved maintenance program,” the company said a statement to the outlet. “We take every safety event seriously and will investigate each incident to understand what happened and learn from it.”
The aircraft in question is a Boeing 777-300, an older model from the plane manufacturer. As for United, the company has been trying to freshen up its plane lineup as of late. “We have a…
