Date: 2 February 2025
Flight: Flight 1382
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Summary: Engine failure
Is United Airlines Safe?
We track reported incidents for United Airlines. This page lists 68 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 2 February 2025
Date: 28 January 2025
Flight: Flight 2143
Aircraft: Boeing 767-400
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport
Summary: Fire alarm triggered
Date: 24 January 2025
Flight: Flight 613
Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Summary: Mid-air jolt
Date: 12 January 2025
Flight: Flight 1727
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 9
Location: O'Hare International Airport
Summary: Collision with a coyote on runway
Date: 31 December 2024
Flight: Flight 2225
Aircraft: Boeing 757-324
Location: Albuquerque International Airport
Summary: Smoke in the cockpit
Date: 24 December 2024
Flight: Flight 202
Aircraft: Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Location: Kahului Airport
Summary: Body found in one of the landing gears upon landing
Date: 8 July 2024
Flight: Flight 1001
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Location: Los Angeles International Airport
Summary: Plane lost a main landing gear wheel
Date: 7 March 2024
Flight: Flight 35
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Location: San Francisco International Airport
Summary: Plane lost a main landing gear wheel; plane made emergency landing at a parking lot at Los Angeles International Airport where it hit and damaged several vehicles
Date: 20 February 2021
Flight: Flight 328
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Location: Over Broomfield, Colorado
Summary: Uncontained engine failure
Date: 15 June 2019
Flight: Flight 627
Aircraft: Boeing 757-224
Location: Newark Liberty International Airport
Summary: Hard landing
Date: 13 February 2018
Flight: Flight 1175
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Engine failure
Date: 7 April 2011
Flight: Flight 497
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Location: Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l Airport
Summary: Electrical failure, runway overrun
Date: 7 April 2010
Flight: Flight 663
Aircraft: Boeing 757-222
Location: en route from Washington, DC to Denver
Summary: Suspicious activity
Date: 10 January 2010
Flight: Flight 634
Aircraft: Airbus A319-131
Location: Newark Liberty Int'l Airport
Summary: Landing gear failure
Date: 5 July 2007
Flight: Flight 955
Aircraft: Boeing 777-222ER
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, on-board fire
Date: 11 September 2001
Flight: Flight 175
Aircraft: Boeing 767-222
Location: World Trade Center , New York City
Summary: Terrorism, hijacking
Date: 11 September 2001
Flight: Flight 93
Aircraft: Boeing 757-222
Location: Stonycreek Township , Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Summary: Terrorism, hijacking
Date: 13 May 2001
Flight: N7274U
Aircraft: Boeing 727-222
Location: Eppley Airfield
Summary: Damaged by hailstorm
Date: 28 December 1997
Flight: Flight 826
Aircraft: Boeing 747-122
Location: Pacific Ocean, 956 mi ESE of Tokyo
Summary: Severe turbulence
Date: 3 March 1991
Flight: Flight 585
Aircraft: Boeing 737-291
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Summary: Mechanical failure, rudder reversion
Date: 19 July 1989
Flight: Flight 232
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Summary: Manufacturing error, engine failure
Date: 24 February 1989
Flight: Flight 811
Aircraft: Boeing 747-122
Location: Pacific Ocean
Summary: Cargo door opened—explosive decompression
Date: 11 January 1983
Flight: Flight 2885
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Aircraft upset, crew error
Date: 28 December 1978
Flight: Flight 173
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61
Location: Portland, Oregon
Summary: Fuel exhaustion, pilot error
Date: 18 December 1977
Flight: Flight 2860
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-54F
Location: near Kaysville, Utah
Summary: Electrical failure, pilot error, ATC error
Date: 8 December 1972
Flight: Flight 553 City of Lincoln
Aircraft: Boeing 737-222
Location: Chicago
Summary: Approach landing stall, pilot error
Date: 19 July 1970
Flight: Flight 611 City of Bristol
Aircraft: Boeing 737-222
Location: Philadelphia Int'l Airport
Summary: Engine failure, pilot error, runway overrun on takeoff
Date: 25 June 1969
Flight: Flight 14
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Location: over Riverside, California
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 18 January 1969
Flight: Flight 266
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22C
Location: Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles
Summary: Mechanical failure, total loss of electrical power, spatial disorientation
Date: 11 January 1969
Flight: Flight 459
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Location: Cuba
Summary: Hijacking
Date: 11 November 1965
Flight: Flight 227
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22
Location: Salt Lake City International Airport
Summary: Crashed short of the runway, pilot error
Date: 16 August 1965
Flight: Flight 389
Aircraft: Boeing 727-22
Location: Lake Michigan off Chicago
Summary: CFIT for reasons unknown
Date: 9 July 1964
Flight: Flight 823
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: near Parrottsville, Tennessee
Summary: In-flight fire for reasons unknown, loss of control
Date: 23 November 1962
Flight: Flight 297
Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 745D
Location: Howard County, Maryland
Summary: Bird strike , loss of control
Date: 11 July 1961
Flight: Flight 859
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-12
Location: Stapleton Int'l Airport
Summary: Mechanical failure, pilot error
Date: 16 December 1960
Flight: Flight 826 Mainliner Will Rogers
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-11
Location: over Staten Island
Summary: Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Date: 21 April 1958
Flight: Flight 736
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Arden, Nevada
Summary: Mid-air collision with USAF F-100 fighter
Date: 30 June 1956
Flight: Flight 718 Mainliner Vancouver
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7
Location: Grand Canyon
Summary: Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Date: 1 November 1955
Flight: Flight 629 Mainliner Denver
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Summary: Bombing
Date: 6 October 1955
Flight: Flight 409 Mainliner Capistrano
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: Medicine Bow Peak
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 4 April 1955
Flight: N37512 Mainliner Idaho
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Long Island MacArthur Airport
Summary: Pilot error, loss of control
Date: 26 August 1953
Flight: Flight 314
Aircraft: Convair CV-340-31
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Summary: Mid-air collision with an American Airlines Convair 240
Date: 4 December 1951
Flight: Flight 16
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A
Location: Stapleton Int'l Airport
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 12 September 1951
Flight: Flight 7030 Mainliner Oahu
Aircraft: Boeing Stratocruiser 10–34
Location: off Redwood City, California
Summary: Stall, loss of control
Date: 24 August 1951
Flight: Flight 615 Mainliner Omaha
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Location: near Decoto, California
Summary: Pilot error, navigation error, CFIT
Date: 30 June 1951
Flight: Flight 610 Mainliner Overland Trail
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Crystal Mountain, Colorado
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 28 April 1951
Flight: Flight 129
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: near Fort Wayne, Indiana
Summary: Windshear
Date: 17 June 1948
Flight: Flight 624 Mainliner Utah
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Aristes, Pennsylvania
Summary: False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers
Date: 24 October 1947
Flight: Flight 608 Mainliner Washington D.C.
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
Location: Bryce Canyon, Utah
Summary: Design flaw, in-flight fire
Date: 29 May 1947
Flight: Flight 521 Mainliner Lake Tahoe
Aircraft: Douglas C-54B
Location: LaGuardia Airport
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 11 November 1946
Flight: Flight 404 Mainliner Elko
Aircraft: Douglas C-53D (DC-3)
Location: Cleveland , Ohio
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 8 October 1946
Flight: Flight 28 Mainliner Lake Michigan
Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
Location: near Cheyenne
Summary: Loss of altitude on approach
Date: 31 January 1946
Flight: Flight 14 Mainliner Tacoma
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-194H
Location: Elk Mountain
Summary: Deviation from course, CFIT
Date: 2 August 1943
Flight: 41-24027
Aircraft: Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Location: Whenuapai , New Zealand
Summary: Pilot error, CFIT
Date: 1 May 1942
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Douglas DST-A-207A
Location: Salt Lake City
Summary: Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Date: 12 January 1941
Flight: NC16072
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
Summary: Burned in hangar fire
Date: 4 December 1940
Flight: Flight 21
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197C
Location: Chicago
Summary: Possible icing, stall, loss of control
Date: 4 November 1940
Flight: Flight 16
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-197
Location: Bountiful Peak, Utah
Summary: Weather, loss of radio communication, pilot error, CFIT
Date: 29 November 1938
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-191
Location: off Point Reyes, California
Summary: Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Date: 24 May 1938
Flight: Flight 9
Aircraft: Douglas DST-A-207A
Location: Cleveland
Summary: In-flight fire, loss of control
Date: 17 October 1937
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3-197
Location: Haydens Peak, Wyoming
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 9 February 1937
Flight: Flight 23
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-197
Location: off San Francisco
Summary: Loss of control due to co-pilot dropping microphone
Date: 27 December 1936
Flight: Flight 34
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Rice Canyon, California
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 30 October 1935
Flight: NC13323
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Cheyenne
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 7 October 1935
Flight: Trip 4
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: near Silver Crown, Wyoming
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 20 December 1934
Flight: Flight 6
Aircraft: Boeing 247
Location: Western Springs, Illinois
Summary: Icing, loss of power
Date: 23 February 1934
Flight: NC13357
Aircraft: Boeing 247
Location: Parley's Canyon, Utah
Summary: Poor visibility, weather, CFIT
Date: 10 October 1933
Flight: Trip 23
Aircraft: Boeing 247D
Location: Chesterton, Indiana
Summary: Bombing