United
Airlines appears to be snake-bitten this month.
The
carrier has suffered
yet another issue.
This time, the problem happened on Thursday, March 14, when a plane reportedly had a problem with the hydraulics system, but was still able to land safely at San Francisco International Airport.
There
were no reported injuries among the 155 passengers and crew.
United Flight 1816 encountered a hydraulic leak as it approached
SFO. The flight proceeded to the gate, and all passengers were able to deplane normally,
although some smoke was seen coming from the wheel well. An airline
spokesperson said this was normal, although emergency vehicles were on hand
just in case.
The plane was an Airbus A320.
United has had an extremely challenging month so far with its
equipment. A tire literally fell off after a plane took off, also from San
Francisco International and had to be diverted to Los Angeles. It was headed to
Tokyo. The tire crashed into an employee parking lot at the airport.
A jet
also skidded off the runway in Houston, and a flight from Sydney was forced to
turn around because of maintenance issues, among other mishaps that have
plagued the airline.
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