Summary
- United Airlines Boeing 757-200, N57111, diverted to Denver because of a slat issue, with 165 passengers onboard.
- One other Boeing 757 was dispatched to proceed the flight to Boston.
- United Airlines has begun replacing its aging 757s with the Airbus A321neos.
A United Airlines Boeing 757-200, registered as N57111, was forced to divert to Denver International Airport (DEN) because it was crossing the country on a domestic flight from San Francisco to Boston on February nineteenth, 2024.
Slats issue
The 757-200 was operating flight UA354 from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) when it was forced to divert to DEN. The flight crew didn’t squawk 7700, the final code for an emergency, because the aircraft was approaching DEN, where it landed at 17:17 local time (UTC -7).
In an announcement to Easy Flying, a United Airlines spokesperson confirmed that the Boeing 757-200 was forced to divert to DEN because of a problem with the slat on the wing of the aircraft. they continued, adding that there have been 165 passengers onboard the aircraft.
Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Easy Flying
Thus far, the Boeing 757-200 in query has no flight scheduled out of DEN, in line with Flightradar24 data. United Airlines will potentially must take the aircraft out of service for a day or longer to be certain that the slat issue has been fixed.
Meanwhile, the carrier dispatched one in every of its other Boeing 757-200s, registered as N34137, to finish the journey to BOS. The flight, which was initially purported to land on the East Coast airport at 22:25, landed at BOS at 01:56 the next morning.
Continental Airlines B757-200
The Boeing 757-200, registered as N57111, was originally delivered to Continental Airlines in December 1994, bearing the identical registration. When the 2 airlines accomplished their merger in 2011, the aircraft was transferred to United Airlines’ Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC).
Photo: Bjoern Wylezich | Shutterstock
In keeping with ch-aviation data, the aircraft gathered 86,889 flight hours (FH) and 18,347 flight cycles (FC) when it operated with Continental Airlines, with United Airlines adding 22,052 FH and 4,681 FC onto the airframe since taking ownership of the aircraft.