Los Angeles Emergency: United Airlines 757 Bound for Newark U-Turns
By The Aviation Hub
2 min read
Within the last 15 minutes, a United Airlines Boeing 757 bound for Newark has declared an emergency and made a u-turn back to Los Angeles.
Information is limited surrounding the incident at hand.
Below is what we know on this so far…
United Airlines Flight UA1855 – Los Angeles to Newark…
United Airlines flight UA1855, which declared the emergency, is a routine scheduled flight between Los Angeles & Newark.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was N18119.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N18119 is a 29.3 year old Boeing 757-200 that started out life with Continental Airlines back in May 1997.
Following the merger with UA, it was handed over to the airline’s register in October 2010, where it has been since and has been a workhorse out of LAX.
Of the 757-200 variant, which is involved in this Los Angeles emergency, United Airlines has 40 of them in their fleet, of which 36 are in active service, and four are parked, with an average fleet age of 29.6 years.
As well as the 757-200, UA have the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 71 Airbus A319s.
- 65 Airbus A320s.
- 75 Airbus A321s.
- 627 Boeing 737s.
- 21 Boeing 757-300s.
- 53 Boeing 767s.
- 96 Boeing 777s.
- 92 Boeing 787s.
In total, the carrier has 1,140 aircraft in their fleet, of which 1,072 are in active service, and 68 are parked, with an average age of 14.9 years.
United Airlines flight UA1855, which declared the emergency, departed from Los Angeles at 1244 local time this afternoon and initially tracked east towards Newark.
Near the Colorado River Reservation, the aircraft made a u-turn back to Los Angeles, and squawked 7700, the general emergency code.
From there, a rapid descent and straight-in approach to Los Angeles was made, with the aircraft landing safely without further incident.
Reason for the Emergency?
At this stage, the reason for the emergency onboard United Airlines flight UA1855 from Los Angeles to Newark is unclear.
What we do know is that it is serious enough to force a return back to LAX.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the incident, we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story.
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