A United Boeing 737-800, registration N76519 performing flight UA-618 from Vancouver, BC (Canada) to San Francisco, CA (USA), was en route at FL390 about 230nm north of Sacramento, CA (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Sacramento due to an engine (CFM56) problem. The aircraft landed safely in Sacramento about 45 minutes later. The remainder of the flight was cancelled. The aircraft remained on the ground in Sacramento for about 9 hours, then positioned to San Francisco.
On Sunday, March 10, 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines flight took off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia en to route Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, but crashed just six minutes later, killing 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 1.5 hours, then departed again and reached Malaga with a delay of 2.5 hours.A United Boeing 737-800, registration N76519 performing flight UA-618 from Vancouver, BC to San Francisco, CA , was en route at FL390 about 230nm north of Sacramento, CA when the crew decided to divert to Sacramento due to an engine problem. The aircraft landed safely in Sacramento about 45 minutes later.
The plane was replaced, and it departed again after about 2 hours on the ground and reached Barcelona with a delay of about 3.5 hours.A Spicejet Boeing 737-800, registration VT-SGH performing flight SG-462 from Bagdogra to Chennai , was climbing out of Bagdogra in thunderstorms when the aircraft received some hail strike. The crew continued the climb to FL380 and continued to Chennai for a safe landing.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed again with a replacement first officer and reached Prestwick with a delay of 2:40 hours. The airline reported the first officer became ill shortly after departure, the captain returned the aircraft to Tenerife where medical services took care of the first officer.
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