Originally Posted by
Rlezak1414
what happened to UA1173 yesterday? (SJU-EWR). The plane left four hours late and flew to ORD which doesn't make any sense. Once at ORD they switched from the 764 (N77066) to a 763 (N655UA). They eventually got to EWR eight hours late. Any reason why they would go to ORD instead of EWR?
as usual with UA these days, it was a maintenance issue. Below is from EF
1173/23JUN
P SJU/OUT 544P L04.09 ☨
P SJU/OFF 555P
P ORD/ON 852P
P ORD/IN 921P
P ORD/OUT 1100P EST OFF 1124P
P ORD/OFF 1116P
P EWR/ON 141A
P EWR/IN 151A L08.11 ☨
D CRC/EWR/ POSS DLYS/CNCL DUE TO ATC OPERATIONS-THUNDERSTORMS
D FCF/FSTOP ORD ENRT SJU-EWR A/MAINTENANCE☨
D
FCF/FSTOP ORD ENRT SJU-EWR A/MAINTENANCE
D HDQ/SJU EWR PROT UNDER GG CN2 T75
SKED SJU ORIG 135P GTD B8 SHIP 3066
EWR 540P TERM GTA C138