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 Boeing, the plane returned to service… only to still have issues.
N61101 is the registration code for United’s first new Boeing 787-9 with these interiors, and it also has the United 100th anniversary decal on it. On the return portion of the plane’s first-ever international flight, to Singapore (SIN), it encountered a maintenance issue, to the point that the plane had to divert, and then be ferried back to United’s maintenance facility in San Francisco (SFO) without passengers.
Clearly United mechanics couldn’t figure out what was going on, so the plane was returned to Boeing. Well, the plane spent around 10 days with Boeing, before once again returning to San Francisco on June 30, 2026.
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