A San Francisco-bound United Airlines flight returned to Sydney, Australia, after experiencing a mid-flight ‘mechanical issue.’

“United Airlines B777-322(ER)/N2140U operating Flight UAL830 to San Francisco (SFO) has returned back to Sydney International Airport for a safe landing on Runway 34L,after experiencing a mechanical issue mid flight on 11 March. Emergency services attended the aircraft on arrival,” aviation news page FL360aero reports.

“The Boeing was about two hours into its journey to San Francisco when the pilots turned back. 7NEWS understands the plane suffered hydraulic failure but it touched down safely,” 7NEWS Sydney reports.

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Flight UAL830 left Sydney Airport shortly after 12pm on Monday and began its journey to San Francisco when it suffered a suspected mechanical issue.

The Boeing 777-300 plane turned around a short time later and landed in Sydney at 2.34pm – a little over two-and-a-half hours into its trip.

Firefighters met the plane on the tarmac.

All 167 passengers disembarked the plane safely.

In a statement to Daily Mail Australia, United Airlines said the plane was diverted to Sydney ‘due to a maintenance issue’.

‘The plane landed safely and passengers deplaned normally at the gate,’ it said.

‘We are providing accommodation overnight for passengers and rebooking them to San Francisco tomorrow.’

The incident follows a chaotic week for the Chicago-based airline, which experienced five emergency-related incidents on its aircrafts.

Let’s go through them one-by-one.

First, a United Airlines’ Boeing plane made an emergency landing in Texas minutes into its flight after flames erupted from one of the engines.

Dramatic footage showed flames bursting from the engine shortly after takeoff from Houston.

The airplane’s engine reportedly ingested bubble wrap, the airline said.

United Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Flames Burst From Engine

Also, a United Airlines Boeing 777 lost a tire shortly after taking off from San Francisco International Airport.

The Japan-bound plane was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport.

“At approximately 11:35 a.m., United Flight 35 departing to Osaka lost a portion of landing gear tire during takeoff,” a United representative said, according to ABC 7.

The falling landing gear from the United flight damaged multiple vehicles in the San Francisco International Airport parking lot.

United Airlines Flight Loses Tire After Takeoff, Damages Multiple Vehicles In Parking Lot

In addition, a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX rolled onto the grass when exiting the runway after landing in Houston Friday morning.

Passengers were evacuated from the plane.

No injuries were reported.

Terrible Week For Boeing And United Airlines Gets Worse, Plane Evacuated After Rolling Off Runway

Then, a United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Los Angeles following reports of “complete hydraulic failure.”

The flight departed San Francisco International Airport, heading to Mexico City, before being diverted to Los Angeles.

The plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport around 4:30 p.m.

United Airlines Experiences 4th Emergency This Week, Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing In Los Angeles

Finally, Flight 2137 on Airbus 320 was heading to Salt Lake City International Airport when it had a maintenance issue.

The aircraft returned to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after a possible oil warning light issue occurred.

5th United Airlines Emergency This Week, Maintenance Issue Forces Plane’s Return To Chicago

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