United Boeing 777 returns to San Francisco after engine shutdown on Oct 6, 2026
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A United Airlines Boeing 777‑200ER (registration N796UA) shut down its right‑hand Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engine during climb and returned to San Francisco International Airport while operating flight UA888 to Beijing on October 6, 2026.
The crew halted the climb at about 28,000 feet, shut down the affected engine and landed safely on runway 28R roughly 90 minutes after departure; the aircraft has remained grounded pending investigation and the cause of the malfunction has not yet been publicly established. The aircraft, delivered new in January 1998, is nearly 29 years old and previously experienced a serious engine malfunction on July 29, 1998.