United's Cursed 787 Is Still "Broken," Even After Being Sent Back To Boeing - United

United's Cursed 787 Is Still "Broken," Even After Being Sent Back To Boeing

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:53:52 +0000

United Airlines is really having some bad luck with one of its newest Boeing 787-9s, which also features the carrier’s brand new interiors. The plane has had an incredible number of maintenance issues since entering service, to the point that the plane was sent back to Boeing to be repaired. After around 10 days with…

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DCharlie — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:42:46 +0000

Why doesn’t Boeing just offer three people along with the plane who will sit with binoculars on each side and one in the cockpit scanning for traffic.

RF — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:23:46 +0000

There is so much software on modern planes. Could It could be one line of code in error somewhere hidden in a sea of software?

rrapynot — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:38:22 +0000

I was supposed to be on it but my plans changed and I’m flying LX instead. Drat.

rrapynot — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:36:45 +0000

I was ticketed to fly on this flight yesterday but my plans changed. What a pity. I would have for sole nice EU271 compensation.

jacobin777 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:17:15 +0000

"One should think". OMAT should have an "edit" function.

jacobin777 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:16:24 +0000

There's close to THIRTEEN HUNDRED 787's delivered. One one think if its a major manufacturing issue, it would be seen on say greater than 0.1% of the frames delivered. As mentioned, maybe it doesn't have to do with Boeing but a particular vendor/manufacturer. While there should be legitimate concern and discussion, most of these comments are a bit childish.

Danny — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:20:00 +0000

"Clearly United mechanics couldn’t figure out what was going on, so the plane was returned to Boeing." @ Ben - that's taking your speculation and presenting it as fact, with no real basis to support it. New aircraft actually come with a warranty like any other product. It is possible that UA's mechanics were stumped. It's also possible that Boeing decided it was more cost effective to get the plane back in house instead of reimbursing parts and labor to UA under warranty. It's also possible there's another explanation besides "the mechanics couldn't figure it out".

TheTruthIs — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:36:05 +0000

It's probably sloppy non-union standards in the South!

TheTruthIs — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:33:27 +0000

It must have been built in South Carolina.