North Sea: United Airlines Boeing triggers an emergency in Germany

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Emergency in the North Sea: a Boeing 777 of the American company United Airlines sent an emergency signal in the open sea, the machine could not continue the flight for reasons not yet clarified. The plane was on its way from Frankfurt am Main to San Francisco and also passed through Cologne.

At around 6:40 pm, the cockpit of the United Airlines plane reported problems on board and the plane was then ordered to stay and circumnavigate the North Sea between the Netherlands and Great Britain.

The machine flew almost 10,000 meters, the reason for the alarm remained unclear.

North Sea: the pilot sets off the alarm: the plane turns over the sea

The car initially took off from Frankfurt am Main as scheduled at 4:25 pm, then passed Cologne and flew into the North Sea via the Netherlands. Shortly before the alarm, the machine made a 180-degree turn about 500 kilometers north of the Dutch coast and began gyro flight. According to the data, the cruising altitude of about 9750 meters was always maintained.

On instruction from air traffic control, the car was hijacked to London Heathrow after about 45 minutes of touring the North Sea, where the car landed safely at 20:01 Data from the flight data service “Flightradar24” to demonstrate. According to the airline, no one on board was injured in the accident.

North Sea: the reason for the alarm at the Boeing-777 is not clear

According to technical data, the Boeing 777-322 is five years old and usually flies between San Francisco and various German airports, including Munich and Frankfurt am Main.

The “Airlive” sector service reports that the emergency would be a technical error on board. United Airlines has not provided more detailed information on the incident, the plane is now being examined for errors and inspected in detail at London Heathrow. Passengers must be brought to San Francisco on a replacement plane. (shh)

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