UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 772 (PW Power); returning to service: late May 2022
Feb 22, 2021, 11:16 am
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i would take the 777-200’s over a 737 anyday! Hopefully they continue flying another 10 years!
Feb 22, 2021, 11:22 am
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Feb 22, 2021, 11:32 am
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I'd think UAL was already planning a drawdown on the oldest non-ER models, and this has likely accelerated that. I'll be sad to see n777ua go!
Feb 22, 2021, 11:51 am
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While I'm sure the cockpit crew were busy attending to getting the plane on the ground safely, one of them could have come back to the windows near 2R where the video appears to have been taken from. Or an FA could have taken pics and provided them to the cockpit crew.
Feb 22, 2021, 11:53 am
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Is UA still scheduled to take delivery on the A359s in 2027? If so, I'd think the 772s still have a few years left, after all UA just finished retrofitting all their 772s (except all domestic configs + 1).
On another note, DL retired their 772s only a couple months after the pandemic started, and they had just completed putting Delta One suites on their 772s.
On another note, DL retired their 772s only a couple months after the pandemic started, and they had just completed putting Delta One suites on their 772s.
Feb 22, 2021, 12:03 pm
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Feb 22, 2021, 12:22 pm
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Feb 22, 2021, 12:41 pm
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I am in a similar situation. They might plug in the 788/9 which was operating on that city pair a couple months ago. Often it was a 788 coming in from ZRH, proceeding onto LAX and return to IAD next morning.
Feb 22, 2021, 12:43 pm
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Standard for the pilots to ask for a visual report by the FAs (or possible a deadheading pilot) and if conditions allow (probably not in this case) for a pilot to come a do a visual.
Feb 22, 2021, 2:12 pm
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I'm wondering if it isn't time to use current technology and install a few rearward-looking cameras on planes to give pilots a visual. The incidents are obviously rare, but the costs must be relatively cheap these days, and the benefits in an incident seem plain.
Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 pm
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The primary checklist that would be accomplished covers engine fire, engine severe damage, and even engine separation situations. With an engine fire. severe damage, separation, or severe vibration the goal is to land as soon as possible. Nothing you see out the window, or on a video monitor, is going to change that.
