“Something Burst”: Water Pours From Ceiling On United Flight To Tokyo — Then It Landed Right Back In San Francisco

United Airlines flight 875 from San Francisco to Tokyo Haneda spent three a little over three hours with passengers traveling exactly nowhere on Monday. About 20 minutes after departure, water began leaking from the ceiling near the rear galley of the aircraft.


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As one passenger onboard the aircraft put it, “Thinking something burst.” Since it was near a lavatory they’re lucky because the thing that burst could have been worse! The passenger nearest the flood appears remarkably unbothered.

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Other than a couple of smoke inside the aircraft incidents a decade ago, and an engine compressor stall a year ago, the 28-year old Boeing 777-200 registration N791UA delivered to United in August 1997 has a pretty clean record.

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