{"id":425987,"date":"2026-08-07T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425987\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:00:13","slug":"united-airlines-flight-returns-to-san-francisco-international-airport-after-tire-reportedly-blows-out-during-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425987\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines flight returns to San Francisco International Airport after tire reportedly blows out during takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KGO logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kgo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, August 6, 2026 11:41PM<\/p>\n<p>A United Airlines flight traveling from San Francisco to San Jose del Cabo returned to SFO shortly after takeoff Thursday due to a tire blowout.<\/p>\n<p>KGO-TV<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) &#8212; A United Airlines flight traveling from San Francisco to San Jose del Cabo returned to San Francisco International Airport shortly after takeoff Thursday due to a tire blowout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to air traffic control audio, the tire burst during the takeoff roll. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/united-airlines-flight-returns-san-francisco-international-airport-tire-reportedly-blows-during-takeoff\/19637330\/flightradar24.com\/UAL1189\/410ae36c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flight tracking<\/a> shows the Boeing 737-800 making a U-turn over Monterey County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The aircraft returned to SFO and landed safely, according to the airport&#8217;s spokesperson, who also said passengers were being deboarded and bused back to the airport terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">United Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement and said a new flight was being coordinated for passengers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;United flight 1189 sustained damage to one tire while departing San Francisco and safely returned to the airport. Customers deplaned via airstairs on the tarmac and were bused to the terminal. We&#8217;ve arranged for a different aircraft to take them to Los Cabos later this afternoon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident has affected arrival times for some flights due to a blocked runway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Stay with ABC7 News for the latest details on this developing story.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, August 6, 2026 11:41PM A United Airlines flight traveling from San Francisco to San Jose del Cabo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[169774,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-425987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-169774","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}