A United flight bound for Rome landed in Sacramento to address a mechanical issue, the airline said. United Flight 507 took off from San Francisco just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday but landed at San Francisco International Airport around 5:49 p.m. United said the flight landed safely and that they are working to rebook customers for Rome. Officials did not specify what the mechanical issue was. The airline said 148 passengers and 14 crew members were on board. Information from Flight Aware shows that the Boeing 777 did not leave California before diverting to Sacramento and landing safely at Sacramento International Airport. Video from LiveCopter 3 showed passengers disembarking the plane with a bus waiting on the ramp. After all passengers disembarked, LiveCopter 3 captured United Airlines crews inspecting the plane’s No. 2 engine. KCRA 3 spoke with Cecilia Souza of Yuba City who was on the flight and said United communicated with those on board about what was happening. “They told us over the loudspeaker that there was some issue with the left engine, that it was overheating, so they shut it down, and that they were diverting us to Sacramento Airport, and they weren’t exactly sure what the next steps were going to be. And when they found out, they let us know,” Souza said. Souza said passengers were told to wait in Terminal A for further instructions and that a new plane was ready to take them to San Francisco. She also noted that most of the passengers who got off the plane didn’t seem overly upset. “I don’t know when we’re going to get there, but we’re going to get there, and everyone is safe,” she said. “There was nothing to alert us, as far as anything that felt like something wasn’t right.” According to FAA records, the Boeing 777-222 is 25 years old and made its first flight in 1999. Records show the plane's engines are Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series turbofans. Watch more coverage on My58 at 10 p.m. and KCRA 3 at 11 p.m. Watch more coverage of California's top news here | Download our app | Sign up for our morning newsletter
United Airlines said a plane bound for Rome landed in Sacramento to address a mechanical issue.
United Flight 507 took off from San Francisco just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, but landed at San Francisco International Airport around 5:49 p.m.
United said the plane landed safely and that it was working to rebook customers for flights to Rome. Officials did not specify the nature of the mechanical problem.
The airline said 148 passengers and 14 crew members were on board.
Information from Flight Aware shows that the Boeing 777 did not leave California before diverting to Sacramento and landing safely at Sacramento International Airport.
A video from LiveCopter 3 showed passengers getting off the plane as a bus waited for them on the ramp.
After all passengers disembarked, LiveCopter 3 captured images of the United Airlines crew inspecting the plane's number two engine.
KCRA 3 spoke to Cecilia Souza of Yuba City who was on the flight and said United has contacted those on the plane about what was happening.
“They told us over the loudspeaker that there was some problem with the left engine, that it was overheating, so they shut it down, and that they were going to divert us to Sacramento Airport, and they weren’t exactly sure what the next steps were. When they found out, they let us know,” Souza said.
Passengers had to wait in Terminal A for further instructions, and a new plane was ready to take them to San Francisco, Souza said. She also noted that most of the passengers who got off the plane did not appear particularly frustrated.
“I don’t know when we’ll get there, but we will get there, and everyone is safe,” she said. “There was nothing to alert us, nothing to make us feel like something was really wrong.”
According to FAA records, the Boeing 777-222 is 25 years old and made its first flight in 1999. Records show that the aircraft's engines are Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series turbofans.
Watch more coverage on My58 at 10 p.m. and KCRA 3 at 11 p.m.
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