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Message: <blockquote data-quote="umedhah" data-source="post: 20967153" data-attributes="member: 867">Japan-bound United Airlines flight returns to San Francisco with faulty engineBy <a href="http://www.reuters.com/journalists/heather-somerville" target="_blank">Heather Somerville</a>             | SAN FRANCISCO            A United  Airlines flight bound for Japan experienced an engine malfunction after  takeoff on Monday and returned to San Francisco International Airport,  where it landed safely, airline and federal aviation officials said.No  injuries were reported from the incident involving United Flight 837,  which ended when the four-engine Boeing Co 747 aircraft touched down  without further incident shortly before 1:45 p.m.A  United Airlines spokeswoman, Erin Benson, said the plane was carrying  202 passengers and 15 crew members en route to Narita International  Airport on Tokyo. The Federal Aviation Administration initially reported  that 231 people were aboard the jet.The  landing was described as "normal" in radio communications between the  flight crew and air traffic controllers, as monitored on specialist  website liveatc.net. Shortly after the landing, the pilot contacted ground controllers to explain the trouble.                          "We  need the fire department to take a look at our No. 2 engine because it  had an indication of compressor stall and possibly some paint that came  out during the compressor stall," the pilot was heard saying.Benson  also cited a stalled compressor in one of the engines as the reason for  the plane's return to San Francisco, adding that the airline could not  confirm media reports of smoke or fire from the incident.The  aircraft was powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines. The engine  maker is working with the operator to assess the situation, a Pratt  & Whitney spokeswoman said.                          The  airlines spokeswoman also said the pilot did not declare an emergency  and that the landing followed about two hours of total flight time,  including steps the crew took to dump excess jet fuel as a precaution  before touchdown.The  flight-tracking website flightradar24 shows the plane flew several  lengthy circuits just off the Pacific Coast west and south of San  Francisco before returning to the airport to land - a sign that the  trouble started soon after takeoff.</blockquote>

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