SF News United Airlines Flight Snafu Diverts SFO-Bound Flight From New Zealand to Hawaii United Airlines just resumed the only non-stop route between the US and Christchurch, New Zealand, and it runs to SFO, but a Tuesday flight from Christchurch to SFO was diverted to Hawaii because it needed a crew change.
SF News SFO Begins Construction On Yet Another Terminal Expansion The construction never really ends at SFO, it just moves over to another terminal.
SF News Rome-Bound Flight Out of SFO Diverts For Second Day In a Row There's been some bad luck on nonstop United flights to Rome out of SFO this week, with two now having had to divert after takeoff for different reasons.
SF News CrowdStrike Software Meltdown Causes Global Disruptions, Including Chaos at SFO, False Fire Alarms Across SF A faulty software update to a widely used piece of cybersecurity software has been causing widespread problems across the globe Friday, including flight cancellations and delays, 911 system failures, banking system crashes, and more.
SF News United Airlines Jet Clips Wing of Another United Jet at SFO In yet another incident involving a United Airlines plane at SFO, a jet pulling into the gate Thursday night clipped the wing of another plane, causing the two planes to be temporarily stuck together.
SF News Toilet Overflows Into Cabin In Latest United Airlines Disaster on SFO-Bound Boeing Jet United Airlines really managed to outdo themselves with their latest mechanical problem this weekend, as a flight bound for SFO had to be diverted because of sewage flowing into the flight cabin.
SF News Another United Flight From SFO Has Engine Issues, Has to Be Diverted to Denver The steady stream of mechanical problems with Boeing jets on United Airlines continues, this time with a Thursday night flight to Paris that only made it as far as Denver, because of engine issues.
Business & Tech Denver-Bound United Flight Out of SFO Suffers Bird Strike, Returns to Gate After Takeoff Another United flight out of SFO had an issue on Saturday morning, but this one was due to natural causes, or, rather, a random collision with nature.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Another United Jet Has Problem Leaving Sydney An SFO-bound United flight had to turn back after leaving Sydney due to a "maintenance issue"; a car was stolen Monday in the East Bay with a toddler still in it; and Airbnb has banned the use of all indoor security cameras.
SF News Another United Flight From SFO Needed To Make An Emergency Landing After System Issues On Friday A United Airlines jet headed to Mexico City experienced a problem with the aircraft's hydraulic system, prompting an emergency landing at LAX on Friday afternoon.
SF News Japan-Bound United Airlines Flight Out of SFO Loses Tire During Takeoff, Gets Diverted to LAX A United Airlines flight leaving SFO had a problem during takeoff on Thursday and ended up being quickly diverted to Los Angeles.
SF News Boston-Bound United Flight Out of SFO Makes Emergency Landing After Piece of Wing Flap Tears Off A Boston-bound flight out of San Francisco Monday evening experienced a scary mid-flight situation after a visible chunk of a wing flap tore off, necessitating an emergency landing in Denver.
SF News United Airlines Flight Attendants Allege Racism on L.A. Dodgers Charter Flights Two veteran flight attendants, both women of color, are suing United Airlines, saying they were demoted off of working L.A. Dodgers team charter flights because the airline prefers “white, young, thin women” for that assignment.
Business & Tech United Airlines to Start Boarding People With Window Seats First, Aisle Seats Last Hallelujah! United Airlines is soon going to implement a new boarding procedure that it previously tested at a handful of airports, boarding economy passengers with window seats first in order to cut down on boarding time.
SF News United Airlines Experienced Systemwide Outage That Briefly Grounded All Planes Tuesday For what sounds like less than an hour on Tuesday, all United Airlines flights were grounded and prevented from taking off due to an as-yet-unexplained "technology issue."
SF News Close Calls on SFO Runways Are Just Tip of the Iceberg In Broader National Trend An investigation by the New York Times has found an extremely alarming trend of increasing near-misses at U.S. airports in recent years, with a major airline catastrophe getting likelier with each one.
SF News Investigation Finds Pilot Error Was to Blame In Harrowing United Flight's Plunge Toward Ocean After an SFO-bound United flight from Maui last December took a steep, terrifying dive toward the ocean about a minute after takeoff, the feds said they would be investigating, and the results of that investigation are now in.
SF News Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Bans Passenger For Life After Assault at SFO A Santa Clara city councilmember is in court over a leaked 49ers report; a Texas-bound passenger leaving SFO Sunday night has been banned for life from United Airlines over an assault; and the SF Main Library had $550K in damages from a clogged toilet in which someone flushed "foreign objects."
SF News Harrowing Story Emerges of SFO-Bound Flight Out of Maui That Nearly Plunged Into the Ocean A United flight out of Maui, bound for SFO, took a steep dive during inclement weather, right after takeoff, and came within about 700 feet of the Pacific, according to a newly discovered report.
Business & Tech United Airlines Planning to Hire Thousands More SFO Employees Next Year The contraction of the air travel industry in 2020 has been followed by a steady rebuilding, and now United Airlines says it's planning for a major expansion at San Francisco International Airport and other hubs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: United Cancels Over 165 Christmas Eve Flights Due to Omicron The Elizabeth Holmes jury still had no verdict today and will continue deliberating Monday, a body found in Napa is likely that of a missing woman, and United Airlines canceled over 100 flights Friday due to Omicron cases among employees.
Arts & Entertainment Watch a Boeing 777 Fly Really Low Over SF Spectators and Do Tricks Over the Bay Today's Day 1 of the Fleet Week Air Show over the Bay — as if you need to be told with the deafening noise. In case you haven't gone out to the waterfront or stood on a Russian Hill roof to see the festivity and show of military might, we have some footage of the one non-military part of the show.
SF Politics Video Shows Bay Area Trump Supporters Chanting 'U.S.A.' On Plane to D.C. A video has emerged from a United flight on Tuesday from SFO to Washington D.C. that appears packed with MAGA-hat wearers who were heeding the call from the president to come protest the election that he lost fairly and clearly to the eyes of most Americans.
Business & Tech United Airlines Passengers Who Gave Aid to Dying Man With COVID Were Given $75 Flight Voucher It's been confirmed that a man who died last week in some respiratory or cardiac distress on board a California-bound United flight out of Orlando was COVID-positive. And now passengers who helped administer medical aid are wondering why they had to find out from the news media.
SF News California-Bound Passengers On United Flight Being Informed of Possible COVID Exposure After Man Dies Onboard A man who denied having symptoms of COVID-19 boarded a United Airlines flight in Orlando on Monday bound for Los Angeles. Shortly into the flight he suffered a medical emergency and died onboard, and his wife was heard telling medical personnel that he had COVID symptoms.
