United Airlines 777-224(ER) - San Francisco to London Heathrow

This video is property of Train_PlaneHub - Hit Subscribe & Join The Journey! 2160p 4K HD! A spectacularly beautiful flight back home to London from San Francisco. This was my first time onboard a United 777. Unfortunately we weren't off to a particularly good start due to a technical issue, after boarding we remained on the aircraft for a further 90 minutes before push back. Lucky for me I had the row to myself so space to spread out and relax a little more. Once on the move and classic, noisy 777 engine start up and taxi down to RWY28L for departure. Now after take off some absolutely beautiful views of the coastline and the city itself. Turning back on ourselves over the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Area before climbing away in a north easterly direction towards the Rocky Mountains and Canadian border. Within the first few hours the sun was starting to set. A few hours after that, high above Hudson Bay in northern Canada was treated by some stunning display of the Aurora Borealis. Now on video it really wouldn't show well at all. So I used long exposure on my iPhone and managed to catch some stunning still images which I did include in the video. During the second part of the flight, over Iceland we decended from 38,000ft down to 30,000ft in order to benefit from a strong jetstream! Over 170mph tail wind, pushing us along for the final leg towards the UK. After all of this a spectacular "sightseeing" approach over central London into RWY27R at Heathrow. Londons skyline lit up in the beautiful early morning light. FLIGHT DETAILS: Date: November 21st 2023 Flight Number: UA901 Aircraft: Boeing 777-224(ER) Reg.: N78009 Age: 24 Year Old Seat: 42L Economy Max. Cruising Alt: 38,000ft (FL380) Departure Runway: 28L Arrival Runway: 27R Distance: 5,359 miles Flight Time: 9 Hours 32 mins Route: SFO - LHR TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 intro 0:12 Exterior view of the aircraft at gate 1:32 Pushback 3:10 Engine Start 6:50 Taxi 9:50 Line Up 10:13 TAKE OFF 12:00 Climb over the coast & San Fran 14:30 Golden Gate Bridge, City & Bay Area 15:45 Fishermans Wharf & Downtown SF 18:07 Air to Air shot of Alaska 737 19:30 Cruising over the Rockies towards Canada 19:53 Chicken Curry for dinner 21:00 Sunset from 34,000ft 23:46 Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights still images 24:29 Cruising 30,000ft towards the UK 26:08 Descent & Sunrise 30:15 Entering the hold for LHR 33:24 Dropping below the cloud cover 35:15 Leaving the hold & views of Heathrow Airport 35:45 Sunrise over London (stunning views) 37:40 Sightseeing Approach over London 39:10 Turning onto the approach over the city 40:50 Big Ben, Westminster & London Eye 41:40 Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park 44:30 Final Approach 45:45 Landing RWY27R Thanks for Watching this video on United Thumbs Up, Comment, Share & Subscribe. You can also follow me & message me on twitter at the link below.   / train_planehub