United Airlines flight UA1273, a Boeing 777-200 operating a service to Kahului, Maui made a return to San Francisco with a technical problem on 6 August.
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating a service to Kahului, Maui made a precautionary return to San Francisco after experiencing a technical problem on 6 August 2024.During the initial climb, flight crew reported receiving a warning indication on one of the aircraft batteries, according to the Aviation Herald. Following the light indication, flight crew terminated the climb before requesting a descent to 10,000 feet.
Following this, the operating crew made the decision to make a precautionary return to the origin airport. After the turn inbound, the aircraft conducted a brief period of holding over water off the coast.
This was presumably to affect fuel dumping for the early return to San Francisco.The aircraft conducting the UA1273 service to Kahului Airport was a Boeing 777-200, registered N215UA. This is a 24 year old wide-body aircraft belonging to the carrier United Airlines.It has been in operational service with the airline since its initial delivery from the factory in August