SF News Day Around the Bay: Two United Airlines Planes Collide at SFO, No Injuries Former SF Symphony director Esa Pekka-Salonen has three new jobs; Aaron Peskin is threatening a ballot measure against Mayor Lurie’s rezoning plans; and two United Airlines planes clipped each others’ wings at SFO.
Business & Tech United Airlines Tech Glitch Causes Almost 300 Flight Delays In and Out of SFO United Airlines was recovering Thursday from a technology problem Wednesday afternoon that temporarily grounded all of its flights and caused widespread delays, as well as some flight cancellations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Grounds All Flights at SFO United Airlines grounded all its flights temporarily into and out of SFO; COVID is on a swift uptick still in California; and the Stanford Daily is suing the federal government on free speech grounds.
SF News Flight From SFO to Rome Diverted to Iceland For Mechanical Issue A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Rome had to be diverted Sunday after an unexplained mechanical issue, making an emergency landing eight hours into the flight.
SF News SFO-Bound United Flight Aborts Takeoff In Beijing After Engine Catches Fire Another week and another disturbing story about airline safety. A United Airlines jet had to abort its takeoff in China Monday after one of its engines caught fire on the runway.
SF News United Airlines Jet Clips Wing of Another at SFO, Emergency Crews Respond There was a minor plane whoopsie at San Francisco International Airport Monday night when a United Airlines jet pushing back from the gate clipped the wing of a nearby plane.
SF News Flight to Shanghai Diverted to SFO, Because the Pilot Forgot Their Passport The latest major US airline snafu does not involve any of Elon Musk’s DOGE staffing cuts, but instead just some United Airlines pilot forgetting their passport, forcing an emergency landing at SFO.
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."
