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Consolidated "Delayed/Cancelled" International Flights (2017)
#1081
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: LAX
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UA 65 LIS-EWR CXLD due MX 14-Oct, ship 3125; running a special section UA 2727 LIS-EWR on 15-Oct using inbound ship 3131 from EWR; ship 3125 (out of service today) will operate the regularly scheduled UA 65 on 15-Oct
#1082
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, NSW Australia
Posts: 895
840 SYD-LAX Cancelled Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Mechanical.
Initially delayed two hours but now cancelled, which may explain the comment I wrote below:
Interestingly, but by no means 100% accurate, the seat map of 870 to SFO did not show every seat as occupied.
Initially delayed two hours but now cancelled, which may explain the comment I wrote below:
Interestingly, but by no means 100% accurate, the seat map of 870 to SFO did not show every seat as occupied.
Last edited by Aspen; Oct 14, 2017 at 7:29 pm Reason: Delayed first, then cancelled
#1083
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a real bad one from last night
UA938 ORD-LHR 763 6h30 late due to aircraft maintenance (left at 3.30 a.m.!)
therefore today
UA941 LHR-EWR 763 2h30 late due to aircraft maintenance
also today
UA18 MXP-EWR 763 cancelled due to aircraft maintenance
UA840 SYD-LAX 789 cancelled due to aircraft maintenance
UA938 ORD-LHR 763 6h30 late due to aircraft maintenance (left at 3.30 a.m.!)
therefore today
UA941 LHR-EWR 763 2h30 late due to aircraft maintenance
also today
UA18 MXP-EWR 763 cancelled due to aircraft maintenance
UA840 SYD-LAX 789 cancelled due to aircraft maintenance
#1084
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 485
10/19: UA893 744 (N180UA) SFO-ICN suffered a bird strike shortly after departure and had to return to SFO. A replacement aircraft (N121UA) eventually operated the flight arriving 6 hours 17 minutes late. This caused:
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
#1085
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10/19: UA893 744 (N180UA) SFO-ICN suffered a bird strike shortly after departure and had to return to SFO. A replacement aircraft (N121UA) eventually operated the flight arriving 6 hours 17 minutes late. This caused:
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
I had already backed up my flight with UA930 so immediately switched myself as that took off at 735pm as I just had a bad feel about the whole UA901 saga. Turns out UA901 was ultimately cancelled which did not surprise me as it was from gate 93 and as I walked to gate 100 it had not boarded and should have done. I saw that it had been cancelled when I landed. There were a lot of people with connections too judging by the amount that went to the desk when the agent said "come to the desk if you have a connection" and a lot of unhappiness with United it felt like. I was suprised that more people did not try and get on UA930 as that left nowhere near full. Not sure what sort of compensation those people will get.
#1086
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Seoul
Programs: None anymore
Posts: 983
10/19: UA893 744 (N180UA) SFO-ICN suffered a bird strike shortly after departure and had to return to SFO. A replacement aircraft (N121UA) eventually operated the flight arriving 6 hours 17 minutes late. This caused:
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
10/20: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 4 hours 45 minutes late due to late inbound aircraft.
SFO in general was an absolute mess yesterday, my flight out was delayed significantly as well as were many, many others.
#1088
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Yeah that sucks. I don't think that United would have protected me so was glad I did it myself. UA930 had approximately 140 spare seats.
#1089
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NYC
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In general, as soon as a flight goes irrop I ask for a reservation on the next. Nothing to see here folks move on ahahaha
#1090
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 485
10/21: UA892 744 ICN-SFO is estimated 20 hours 5 minutes late due operational difficulties.
#1091
#1092
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 485
Neither. My educated guess is long "operational issues" delays are actually crew issues. Either they won't have a crew until 20 hours or the crew they do have needs their required rest which will be up in 20 hours.
If it were aircraft related the delay reason is almost always "maintenance" and if it is typhoon related it should be "severe weather conditions in our network".
If it were aircraft related the delay reason is almost always "maintenance" and if it is typhoon related it should be "severe weather conditions in our network".
#1093
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Location: Houston
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Today (here) 22OCT UA 896 SIN-HKG cancelled due to operational difficulties.
#1094
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UA903 HNL-NRT 772 cancelled due to aircraft maintenance
#1095
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Seoul
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Neither. My educated guess is long "operational issues" delays are actually crew issues. Either they won't have a crew until 20 hours or the crew they do have needs their required rest which will be up in 20 hours.
If it were aircraft related the delay reason is almost always "maintenance" and if it is typhoon related it should be "severe weather conditions in our network".
If it were aircraft related the delay reason is almost always "maintenance" and if it is typhoon related it should be "severe weather conditions in our network".