# Incident 20250524019619I: Boeing 777-222, Dulles, VA, May 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2025, 01:00 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles Internationa
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N797UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-222
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 271
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,252 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250524019619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE FIRST OFFICER (FO) EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF FOOD POISONING JUST PRIOR TO GOING ON REST BREAK. THE RELIEF PILOT (IOR) WAS CALLED UP EARLY TO TAKE OVER THE FO'S DUTIES AND POSITION. THE FO'S SYMPTOMS DID NOT SUBSIDE AND THE FLIGHT CREW CONFERENCED DISPATCH, FODM AND MEDLINK. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DECLARE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DIVERT TO IAD.

## Other reports on N797UA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020325020909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020325020909I), Mar 25, 2002: Boeing 777222 (N797UA), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Ual 260 was instructed to hold in the "b" pad, since no gate was available. The flight parked improperly in the pad, with its nose wheels approximately…
- [Incident 19990503014959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990503014959I), May 3, 1999: Boeing 777222 (N797UA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Uala 842, a B-747 had taxied into gate 69 a, however, in accordance with lax airport procedures, the aircraft had stopped short, to be towed completely into…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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