United flight UA884 to Rome cancelled after nearly 12‑hour delay

Based on · First reported 4 Oct 2026

United Airlines flight UA884 from Washington Dulles International Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport was cancelled at 4:00 AM after nearly 12 hours of delay, with boarding having begun at about 4:30 PM on Friday, October 2.
The Boeing 777‑200ER returned to the gate after about three hours to refuel, a door‑seal problem required inspection, and a pushback tug incident caused a loud bang and a mechanical inspection at the gate; a crew duty‑time limit forced the crew off the aircraft about six hours after the initial delay, the replacement crew timed out after the tug incident and mechanical inspection, and the flight was cancelled; the scheduled return flight UA885 from Rome to Washington Dulles was also cancelled.

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