Several United Airlines passengers traveling between Guam and Tokyo on Friday were confronted with an unwanted surprise after becoming ill during a flight to Tokyo. While the exact origins of the illness are still unknown, Japanese authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the outbreak. Trouble on flight 873 The events transpired on United flight 873, operating a regularly scheduled service between Guam's Antonio B.
Won Pat International Airport (GUM) and Narita Airport (NRT). One of United's Boeing 737-800 aircraft (N37293) was operating the route. The flight left Guam 12 minutes late, 17:12 local time, and was scheduled to take 3 hours and 55 minutes.
While on the flight, 18 passengers felt ill and displayed typical symptoms of food poisoning, primarily nausea and vomiting. Upon arrival in Tokyo at 19:29, some passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment, while others were able to leave without any additional care. Parallel experience on Japan Airlines The incident that transpired on United was not isolated—in fact, the exact same thing happened on a Japan Airlines (JAL) flight that departed just a few minutes earlier on the exact same route.
JAL942 departed Guam at 16:41. The flight, which was operated by one of the carrier's 767-300ERs, encountered similar disruptions when 16 passengers fell ill. While all passengers who got sick showed typical symptoms of food poisoning, JAL refuted claims that in-flight catering caused the sickness in.