Today, Monday, March 11, 2024, United's regularly scheduled UA830 777300ER service from Sydney to San Francisco returned to the airport after a little under an hour of flying time. Upon arrival back into Sydney, the aircraft was met with an army of fire crew and police. On approach, the landing gear compartment doors could be seen wide open, as well as smoke coming from one of the tires on the righthand side of the aircraft. Upon rewatching my footage, I noticed that on takeoff, the tire could already be seen smoking. It would appear that the crew didn't receive any warnings until well into the cruise, despite the issue being present at takeoff.

United has had a tough run of it lately, with all of the following incidents happening in the past week: a 777200 bound for Osaka lost one of its wheels on takeoff, a 737max skidded off the runway in Houston, a 737900 had flames shooting out of its engines after ingesting bubble wrap, an A320 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a hydraulic failure and news of a 737max landing earlier in the year at Newark with locked rudder pedals.

I hate to say it, but I wonder what will be next for UA. I get that a lot of this is out of their hands, but they are responsible for the planes they fly.

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