In the early hours of this morning, a United Airlines Boeing 787 between Lagos and Washington made a 2,000km detour to Tenerife.
At the moment, information is limited about this significant diversion, but here is what we know so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
UA613 – Lagos to Washington: Tenerife Diversion…
United Airlines flight UA613 is a routine scheduled flight between Lagos and Washington D.C.
The aircraft involved in the diversion to Tenerife was N26902.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N26902 is a 11.4 year old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline in November 2012.
Of the 787-8 variant, United Airlines has 12 of them, of which all but two are in active service.
Furthermore, average age for the variant at the airline remains at 10.8 years.
UA613 departed Lagos at 0017 local time this morning and initially proceeded westbound to Washington Dulles.
Upon reaching south of Cape Verde, the aircraft started tracking northbound.
From there, a decision was made to divert into Tenerife South Airport, where the flight landed safely without incident.
Cause Unknown At This Stage…
The cause of this mega 2,000km diversion to Tenerife on UA613 Lagos-Washington is unclear.
What we do know is that the aircraft is expected to leave TFS at 1337 local time this afternoon.
Furthermore, it is key to note that the flight did not declare an emergency via the 7700 squawk at any point during this.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
But for now, this remains a developing story, pending additional updates.
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