On April 5, 2024, a 24-year-old United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER registered as N209UA, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW4090, took off from Rome's Fiumicino (FCO) airport bound for Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) at 10:20. Planespotters.net suggests that the aircraft was delivered new to the airline in December 1999 and has remained with the operator throughout its flying career.