"A United spokesperson told Business Insider in an email statement that UA 869, a Boeing 777 aircraft carrying 336 passengers and 15 crew, returned to SFO "to address a burning rubber smell in the cabin." "The flight taxied to the gate where emergency personnel met the aircraft," the statement said, adding that passengers alighted normally and would be taken to Hong Kong on another aircraft later on Tuesday evening."
"A passenger on the plane, Vincent Goh, told Business Insider that about 30 minutes into the flight, he saw smoke billowing from the aircraft outside his window, and passengers around him were panicking. Goh, who works at a Cantonese publishing house, said the crew told passengers that the flight would be returning to SFO because the pilot had smelled smoke, and that the fire department would be notified."
United Airlines flight UA869, a Boeing 777 with 336 passengers and 15 crew, departed San Francisco at about 1:15 p.m. after a delay. About 30 minutes into the flight crew and passengers reported a burning rubber smell and at least one passenger saw smoke outside his window. The aircraft returned to San Francisco International Airport after roughly an hour in the air. The flight taxied to a gate where emergency personnel met the aircraft and passengers alighted normally. United planned to transport passengers to Hong Kong on another aircraft later that evening. SFO and the San Francisco Fire Department did not provide information.
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