In the last few moments, United Airlines flight UA945, operated by a Boeing 787 between Frankfurt and Chicago, has declared an emergency in UK airspace.
N12020 is the aircraft involved in the incident.
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Live 787 Emergency!: United Airlines UA945 Frankfurt-Chicago…
UPDATE #1 @ 0917 UK time – The aircraft is currently descending to the north-east of Newcastle.
UPDATE #2 @ 0922 UK time – At this stage, it is unclear what the nature of the emergency is nor the chosen diversion field.
INFO UPDATE #3 @ 0923 UK time – N12020 is the aircraft involved in the incident.
Also, as per Planespotters, N12020 is a 1.8 year old Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline in December 2022.
Furthermore, of the 787-10 variant, United Airlines has 21 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, the average age stands at 4.2 years for that variant of aircraft.
UPDATE #4 @ 0926 UK time – United Airlines has confirmed that UA945 Frankfurt-Chicago, which declared an emergency, will be diverting to Edinburgh.
UPDATE #5 @ 0928 UK time – UA945 is currently to the north-east of Edinburgh, presumably to burn fuel before coming in for an approach.
EMERGENCY UPDATE #6 @ 0933 UK time – UA945 is now heading towards EDI.
On Finals…
UPDATE #6 @ 0936 UK time – UA945 is now on extended final for Runway 24 at Edinburgh.
Moreover, the cause of the emergency is still not yet known.
UPDATE #7 @ 0946 UK time – TOUCHDOWN!
United Airlines flight UA945 Frankfurt-Chicago, which declared the emergency, has appeared to have touched down into Edinburgh.
As soon as we have more information, we will let you know.
For now, this remains a developing story pending additional updates.
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