DISCLAIMER! All comments & observations in the video reflect my thoughts as of December 2019: this is before the COVID-19 pandemic took it’s toll on us.
What timing! Due to the incident occurred on United flight #UA328 all Boeing 777s with Pratt & Whitney engines have since been grounded. Crazy times!
Back in December 2019 a peak holiday season there were about 10 flights between Denver & San Francisco, two key hubs for United Airlines. Some on Airbus A320/Boeing 737s, majority in the 232 seater Boeing 757-300, and one in the domestic configured Boeing 777-200 aircraft. These 777s are fitted with 364 seats (28 in First Class 2-3-2 and 336 in Economy 3-4-3) and were used exclusively for domestic flights (including Hawaii).
This was a very busy time for United in Denver with several flights to multiple destinations and many passengers transiting through, with connections on both mainline and regional. This was one of two widebody flights out of Denver, the other being to Los Angeles and departing at around the same time.
The Boeing 777, as we know is for long haul and ultra long haul flights, designed with passenger amenities in mind as they connect the world non stop. This particular 777s were anything but: no seat back entertainment, 3-4-3 seating and very limited premium seating. These airplanes have been configured for maximum capacity especially during the peak hours.
This particular Boeing 777-200, N775UA was 24 years old at the time of flying. This would be my first flight in the ‘original’ Boeing 777-200, as it isn’t the ER or LR version. In fact this was the 22nd Boeing 777 ever built!
Flight UA257 was operated by 3 different aircraft on this day: an Airbus A320 from Spokane (WA) to Denver (CO), then this Boeing 777-200 from Denver (CO) to San Francisco (CA) and finally a Boeing 737-900ER from San Francisco (CA) to Los Angeles (CA).
Unfortunately the timing of this flight meant that I was not able to get good enough quality videos of the start up, take off and landing for standalone videos but they are all on here as normal anyway.
They had stroopwaffels in this flight, the crew were alright, this flight was on time, and I was lucky to have snagged a rear 2 seater window seat (37L). All in all, this was a very nice flight and no complaints whatsoever. I would never hesitate to fly onboard a United widebody flight within the USA!
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All Boeing 777s with Pratt & Whitney engines, including this one, have been grounded due to the engine failure!
Great video! It’s always a pleasure to ride on a classic 772, especially when it’s among the first ever United 777s.
Why did it even have engines?
Really odd NOT to see anybody wearing facemasks anywhere! I realize this was a different time–the covid crisis didn't exist then,who knew? I'm puzzled by your routing home–you fly in a southwest direction FAR-DiA, then west to SFO but connecting to Lufthansa to fly east to Frankfurt if I'm correct? Wow! To tell folks back then that air travel would drop by 90% in a matter of months because of the health crisis, nobody would believe you! It is pleasant NOT to listen to the FA making irritating announcements about facemask rules onboard as is the case today
There is something special about flying on a widebody plane on a domestic flight!
When was this? I'm pretty sure I was on this flight too
Right now Denver is undergoing renovations and expansions to its terminal and concourses
United Boeing 777s used to be in a 3-3-3 configuration and I can't believe United and American added a 4th seat in the middle to make those planes even more crammed, Delta flew the Boeing 777 until 2020 and it always was a 3-3-3 configuration
You probably in the morning had your last final exam before leaving that day!!!
If you have the chance to fly to India again, you should consider flying on Alitalia from New York to Delhi via Rome and back since you've never covered Alitalia in this channel.
Nice video