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SFO-bound United flight returns to Sydney airport over mechanical issue

Headline from KTVU San Francisco

A United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco was forced to return to Sydney, Australia, due to an undisclosed maintenance issue.

KTVU San Francisco's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

11 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    Another United flight out of San Francisco diverted to LAX due to aircraft issues (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Another United Airlines flight that departed SFO was forced to land in Los Angeles early Friday evening due to problems with the aircraft's hydraulic system, according to airline officials.

  2. KTVU San Francisco

    SFO-bound United flight returns to Sydney airport over mechanical issue (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    A United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco was forced to return to Sydney, Australia, due to an undisclosed maintenance issue.

  3. Local News 8

    United Airlines reports fifth flight incident in a week as jet turns back due to ‘maintenance issue’ (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Pete Muntean, Angus Watson, Manveena Suri and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney just two hours into its nearly 14-hour journey to San Francisco, in the carrier’s fifth flight incident in seven days.

  4. KRON4

    United Airlines Sydney bound flight forced to turn around due to maintenance issues (opens KRON4)

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    KRON4's feed description

    SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco International Airport was forced to head back to the airport Monday due to a maintenance issue. The flight, UA 830, took off from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport in Australia on Monday at 12:31 p.m.

  5. CBS News

    San Francisco-bound United flight out of Sydney forced to turn back due to (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Yet another United flight was unable to make it to its planned destination Monday when a jet bound for San Francisco from Australia had to return to Sydney due to a "maintenance issue," airline officials said.

  6. ABC 7 San Francisco

    SF-bound United Airlines jet returns to Australia due to maintenance issue; 5th incident in a week (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney just two hours into its nearly 14-hour journey to San Francisco, the company said.

  7. Quartz

    A mysterious United Airlines 'maintenance incident' marked its sixth problem flight in a week (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The plane had to dump fuel and turn around over the ocean during a trip from Sydney to San Francisco

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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