United flight from San Francisco to Hawaii lands safely after engine fails over Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A United Airlines plane has landed safely in Hawaii after one of its engines failed over the Pacific during a flight that began in San Francisco.

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The damaged engine is seen in video a passenger tweeted from United Flight Airlines Flight 1175.

That flight took off from San Francisco International Airport just after 9 a.m. and landed at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, at 2:42 p.m., Bay Area time.

The aircraft involved is a Boeing 777. It has two engines and is designed to fly on just one engine for more than three hours over water.