The plane headed back to Nigeria after experiencing "unexpected movement" mid-flight on Friday, Jan. 24, according to multiple reports
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB) has said it is investigating a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Washington
In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, the NTSB said that it was investigating the January 24 incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 787-8, registered as N27903, which was operating flight UA613 from Lagos Murtala Mohammed Airport (LOS) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
It is unclear what caused the jolt; United Airlines has said the cause was not severe turbulence, and that it is “working with aviation authorities in the US and Nigeria to understand the cause.”
United Airlines has said it is working with aviation authorities in Nigeria and the United States to ascertain the cause of its recent incident.
United Airlines flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia met with “unexpected” turbulence that injured six people on board.According to CNN, four passengers and two crew members got injured
Six people were seriously injured when a United Airlines flight experienced sharp drops in speed during its journey to Washington Dulles International Airport.
Thirty-eight people were injured, six of them hospitalized, after a United Airlines flight from Nigeria to Washington, D.C., experienced problems midair, Nigerian officials said. The nature of the ...
Six people, four passengers and two crewmembers, were injured on a United Airlines flight Friday from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, according to the airline.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew.
An unexpected mid-air jolt on a United Airlines flight forced an emergency landing, resulting in six injuries. The flight bound for Washington D.C. from Lagos, Nigeria, experienced a technical issue that resulted in a jolting movement.