BREAKING United 777-300ER EMERGENCY LANDING at Sydney Airport March 11, 2024

Today, Monday, March 11, 2024, United’s regularly scheduled UA830 777-300ER service from Sydney to San Francisco returned to the airport after a little under an hour of flying time. Upon arrival back into Sydney, the aircraft was met with an army of fire crew and police. On approach, the landing gear compartment doors could be seen wide open, as well as smoke coming from one of the tires on the right-hand side of the aircraft. Upon re-watching my footage, I noticed that on takeoff, the tire could already be smoking. It would appear that the crew didn’t receive any warnings until well into the cruise, despite the issue being present at takeoff. United has had a tough run of it lately, with all of the following incidents happening in the past week: a 777-200 bound for Osaka lost one of its wheels on takeoff, a 737max skidded off the runway in Houston, a 737-900 had flames shooting out of its engines after ingesting bubble rap, an A320 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a hydraulic fa