Crime & Safety
BREAKING: Hawaii-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Return to SFO
Flight 1721 made and emergency turn above the Pacific Ocean Thursday.
A flight tracking map from FlightAware shows the path of the flight as it turned around over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Screenshot via flightaware.com
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A United Airlines flight that was leaving San Francisco International Airport and headed to Hawaii had to make an emergency return to SFO Thursday, an airport spokesman said.
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Flight 1721, which departed SFO at 9 a.m., was on its way to Kona, Hawaii, but had to return to SFO because of a “cabin cooling problem,” SFO spokesman Doug Yakel said.
A United Airlines representative confirms the emergency landing to Patch, and says they are working to accommodate all 206 passengers aboard.
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“As a precaution, flight 1721 returned to San Francisco today after the crew reported a mechanical issue,” the airline told Patch in a statement. “Our team in San Francisco is working to accommodate all of our customers to Kona today.”
A total of seven crew members were also aboard the Boeing 757, officials said.
— Bay City News Service contributed to this article.
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