United flight from LA lands safely in Sydney after mayday
A United Airlines flight from Los Angeles landed safely in Sydney Thursday after the pilot warned the plane was running low on fuel, officials said. The airline said Flight 839 landed safely at Sydney International "following a mechanical issue." "The aircraft taxied to the gate and all customers disembarked normally," the airline said. Sydney emergency services radioed that airliner, which United said was a Boeing 787 containing 180 passengers and 14 crew, "has fuel issues and has issued a mayday." An Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said the airliner was given priority to land, but had not been in danger. "There's an international standard that requires that once you get down to your fuel reserve in a flight that you have to declare what is called a 'fuel mayday,'" he said. <br/>
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United flight from LA lands safely in Sydney after mayday
A United Airlines flight from Los Angeles landed safely in Sydney Thursday after the pilot warned the plane was running low on fuel, officials said. The airline said Flight 839 landed safely at Sydney International "following a mechanical issue." "The aircraft taxied to the gate and all customers disembarked normally," the airline said. Sydney emergency services radioed that airliner, which United said was a Boeing 787 containing 180 passengers and 14 crew, "has fuel issues and has issued a mayday." An Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said the airliner was given priority to land, but had not been in danger. "There's an international standard that requires that once you get down to your fuel reserve in a flight that you have to declare what is called a 'fuel mayday,'" he said. <br/>
