Only three days after a very similar incident, another United Boeing 767 has to return to London Heathrow today.

United flight #UA17 departed London Heathrow runway 27L today at 11:53 GMT.

The Boeing 767-300ER climbed to 34,000 ft altitude before the crew turned around over Ireland due to a fuel leak.

The 26-year-old aircraft (registration N664UA) descended to 33,000 ft before starting its approach back to London Heathrow.

The airline is once again confirming that the plane is now out of service to address a technical issue. The flight was cancelled.

This is the 4th incident of this nature in the past 2 years due to technical issues.

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United flight #UA17 departed London Heathrow today one hour late at 13:16 GMT to Newark.

The Boeing 767-300ER (registration N685UA) departed form runway 27L then climbed to 16,000 ft before the crew noticed a technical issue and stopped the climb.

Pilots contacted ATC and requested a return to London. The aircraft turned around and was vectored to runway 27R at LHR.

The plane vacated the runway then was stopped on taxiway and met by three firetrucks before it taxied to a remote area.

The plane is now out of service to address a technical issue.

This is the third incident of this nature. This same aircraft returned to London Heathrow in the past 2 years due to technical issues.

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United #UA3884 is holding since 40 minutes after takeoff from GIG Airport.

The flight is operated by a Boeing 767-400ER (registration N67052), 24 years old.

The airline is confirming AIRLIVE the aircraft is experiencing a technical issue.

UPDATE #1
The Boeing 767 is returning to Rio De Janeiro.

UPDATE #2
Flight #UA3884 landed back on runway 15.

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The flight departed Phoenix for a ferry flight. It climbed to 8,000 ft before the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The aircraft immediately turned around and requested a priority landing.

The 9-year-old Boeing 737-900ER (registration N62892) was resuming flight operations after maintenance.

The previous flight of this plane was on Aug 13, from Houston.

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The crew declared an emergency at 1:pm BST (squawk 7700).

The flight is operated by a Boeing 777-300ER (registration N2737U).

UPDATE 13:12 BST
On approach to runway 27L.

UPDATE 13:21 BST
Flight #UA926 has safely landed on runway 27L at London Heathrow.

UPDATE 13:23 BST
Going to terminal 2 gate B46.

UPDATE 14:56 BST
Flight #UA926 is resuming the flight to Frankfurt following the medical emergency.

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United Airlines flight #UA987 departed Chicago O’Hare International Airport Monday, October 14 2024 at 18:07 CDT.

After 5 hours in the flight, while still in middle of Atlantic, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The Boeing 787-10 (registration N12004) was vectored to Iceland and diverted to Keflavik International Airport.

The Boeing aircraft landed on runway 01 then taxied to a remote area of the airport.

UPDATE 07:19 UTC
The short stop suggest a medical emergency.

UPDATE 07:24 UTC
Flight #UA987 has just departed KEF Airport to Paris CDG.

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