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SAN FRANCISCO- United Airlines (UA) flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Singapore (SIN) experienced severe turbulence, injuring 5 people onboard on March 27, 2025.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported the incident on its Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) on April 22, 2025.
Photo: By Masakatsu Ukon – United Airlines, Boeing 787-9 N38950 NRT, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42013162United Flight Turbulence, 5 Injured
According to the FAA, the incident occurred on United Airlines flight UA29, which regularly departs from San Francisco at 10:25 PDT and arrives at Singapore Changi Airport at 18:25 SGT.
On March 27, 2025, the UA29 flight was en route to Singapore, but while flying over Butuan City, located in Mindanao, Philippines, the aircraft experienced severe turbulence.
Following this, one flight attendant was seriously injured, while three attendants reported minor injuries. Furthermore, one passenger also suffered a minor injury.
Flight UA29, which suffered turbulence on March 27, 2025, had 174 passengers, 10 flight attendants, and 4 cockpit crew.
The flight was operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registered as N27958. Further, it is a 9.6-year-old aircraft powered by two GEnx engines. Further, the FAA will investigate the incident.
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Last year on March 24, A United Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner executed an emergency landing at New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) following an encounter with “severe turbulence.” The incident resulted in injuries to more than 20 passengers, with seven requiring hospitalization.
The aircraft encountered strong winds while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), prompting the crew to abort the landing, climb several thousand feet, and divert to SWF instead.
Flight tracking data from Flightradar24.com shows the aircraft (registration N14016) operated as United flight UAL85 from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport (TLV). The Boeing 787 pushed back at 11:30 but didn’t take off until 13:05. It initially cruised at 34,000 feet before climbing to 36,000 feet and later 38,000 feet while crossing the North Atlantic Ocean.
Approximately 10 hours and 50 minutes into what had been an otherwise routine flight, N14016 began its descent. Ten minutes later, at about 20,000 feet altitude, the aircraft flew over Albany and turned south. The descent rate slowed as it passed west of Poughkeepsie.
At 17:25 EDT, flying at approximately 4,200 feet, the Dreamliner veered north before turning east toward EWR. Five minutes later, it adjusted course to the southeast to align with the approach path. By 17:35, the aircraft was established on final approach to Runway 22L at EWR, descending through 3,000 feet.
The aircraft then climbed back to 4,200 feet before ultimately diverting and landing safely on Runway 27 at SWF around 18:00.
According to News 12 Westchester, 312 passengers were onboard, with fifteen receiving treatment from paramedics at SWF and seven transported to St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.
After a ground delay exceeding two hours, flight UAL85 eventually continued to its original destination, departing SWF at 20:16 and landing at EWR at 20:34.
Photo: By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK – Boeing 737-924ER(w) ‘N69885’ United Airlines, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=668753607 Injured in August 2024
United Airlines Flight UA1196 performed an emergency landing at Memphis International Airport on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, after encountering severe turbulence. Seven passengers suffered injuries during the incident, with one requiring hospitalization.
The Boeing 737-900ER, carrying 172 passengers and 7 crew members, departed from Cancun, Mexico, en route to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The aircraft encountered severe turbulence approximately one hour and twenty minutes into the flight while crossing the Gulf of Mexico and entering U.S. airspace near New Orleans.
Flight data from Flight Radar 24 shows the United flight departed Cancun at 5:26 PM UTC. Following the turbulence encounter, the flight crew diverted to Memphis, where the aircraft landed safely at 7:41 PM UTC (2:50 PM local time).
The Memphis Fire Department confirmed seven individuals sustained minor injuries, but only one passenger was transported to a hospital in non-critical condition. The remaining injured passengers declined medical treatment.
The aircraft involved, a Boeing 737-900ER with registration N66814, is approximately 10.6 years old and powered by CFM56-7B engines.
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