Two United Dreamliner flights in forced landings
First it was smoking batteries. Now it’s leaking oil.
United Airlines has been forced to divert two 787 Dreamliners in three days
United flight 125 from London Heathrow to Houston ended up in Newark, New Jersey, yesterday when its low-oil indicator came on.
On Tuesday, a United 787 flight from Denver to Tokyo landed in Seattle after a problem with an oil filter in the engine.
Boeing said the two incidents were not related, but everyone is watching the new 787 planes closely since they were grounded in January.
The planes just resumed commercial service in May.
by Cheryl Rosen, TravelMole US
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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