A United Airlines scheduled flight bound for New York from the United Kingdom made an unscheduled return to London on Sunday September 10.
United Airlines flight UA941 London – New York Newark
United Airlines flight UA941, a Boeing 767-300ER, was operating the transatlantic service from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to New York Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) yesterday afternoon.
The flight had made a departure on the long haul service after a slight delay. Data shows the flight actual time of departure from London Heathrow as 16:54 local time; against a scheduled departure time of 16:00 BST.
Flight UA941 has proceeded normally on the westerly outbound track, climbing to a cruising altitude of FL350 (35,000 feet).
Diversion and return to London Heathrow
Established on flight plan track over the Atlantic to the west of Ireland, the aircraft then initiated a turnaround at 17:55 UTC; approximately 2 hours into the transatlantic service.
The aircraft did not declare an emergency and squawk code 7700 was not activated in this instance. The flight subsequently initiated a precautionary return to the departure airport of London Heathrow (LHR), where it landed without any reported incident.
The aircraft involved in yesterday’s service was Boeing 777-300ER registered N669UA; a 24-year old widebody aircraft belonging to the US carrier United Airlines.
The cause of yesterday’s unscheduled return to London has not been ascertained at the time of writing. A further scheduled service operating as flight UA941 to New York Newark (EWR) is listed for today, September 11 at the scheduled time of 16:00 BST.
