United flight from S.F. to Sydney diverted to Honolulu after midair emergency
A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Sydney was forced to divert to Honolulu early Sunday after the crew declared an in-flight emergency over the Pacific Ocean.
Flight UA863, a Boeing 777-200ER, departed San Francisco International Airport at 1:31 a.m. local time with 202 passengers and 16 crew members on board.
Nearly six hours into the trans-Pacific journey, while cruising at 32,000 feet, the crew issued a 'squawk 7700' — an emergency transponder code indicating a general distress situation.
The aircraft, identified by tail number N78002, landed safely at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport at 4:26 a.m. local time, after six hours and 42 minutes in flight.
United later canceled the flight but did not immediately provide details about the cause of the emergency.
The incident comes less than a month after the same aircraft was involved in a separate event.
United has not said whether the earlier incident is related to Sunday's diversion.
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