United Tokyo to Newark Flight with 777 Diverted to Alaska

ANCHORAGE- United Airlines (UA) flight from Tokyo Haneda (HND), Japan, to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) diverted to Anchorage (ANC) on April 18, 2025, amid a technical issue.

A Chicago-based carrier operates a solo daily flight between Newark and Tokyo Haneda with a Boeing 777 fleet. It also has a daily flight to Tokyo Narita (NRT) with 787-9 Dreamliner.

Photo: By Alan Wilson – Boeing 777-222 'N795UA’ United Airlines, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33925191

United Flight Diverted to Alaska

According to FlightRadar24 data, United flight UA130 took off from Tokyo Haneda at 9:14 UTC. After being airborne for over 7 hours, the crew reported a suspected fuel leak, possibly from the port side of the aircraft.

Following this, the UA flight crew decided to make a diversion to Anchorage, and they landed safely at 17:13 UTC.

After landing, the pilot shut down Engine No.2 and taxied to the terminal with a single engine, reported BIGJetTV.

Turbine Traveler on X shared the details about this incident. He wrote, “United UA130 from Tokyo Haneda to Newark has diverted to Anchorage due to a fuel leak.”

There are around 290 passengers and crew members on board the aircraft.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 777-200ER, registered as N791UA. Further, it is a 27.7-year-old aircraft powered by Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engines.

Last Month, the same aircraft was involved in the leakage-related incident, but it was water leakage from the cabin ceiling.

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Similar Incident

United Airlines (UA) Boeing 777-300 aircraft operating as Flight UA830 suffered a midair fuel leak, forcing an emergency landing on March 11, 2024, marking the airline’s fifth incident in just over a week.

The aircraft departed Sydney Airport (SYD) for a scheduled 14-hour journey to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) but was forced to return to Sydney approximately two hours into the flight due to what United initially described as a “maintenance issue.”

Flight 830 was carrying 183 passengers and crew members when pilots identified the fuel leak. Following standard emergency procedures, the flight crew immediately initiated a return to Sydney, where the aircraft landed safely. United Airlines confirmed that all passengers “deplaned normally at the gate” with no reported injuries.

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