on NRT-SFO..."United 838 heavey turn heading blah blah blah for routing into SFO"
"United 838 heavey with a request; can we have routing blah blah blah direct to SFO for a MECH."
I didn't understand the ATC speak but it sounded like the longer routing was a problem, but I guess not as bad of a problem that would require an immediate vector. this was about 25 minutes before landing.
what kind of mechanical problem could this have been?
