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United Airlines Boeing 777 towards Brussels, Belgium, returns to Newark after possible bird strike

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On 23 November, a United Airlines Boeing 777-300 (registered N2534U) was scheduled to operate flight UA999 between New York Newark, United States, and Brussels, Belgium. Shortly after take-off, the crew reported a possible bird strike and returned to Newark.

“The aircraft safely landed back at Newark,” United Airlines said in a statement. The aircraft was cleared to operate the flight to Brussels, where it landed with a delay of three hours.

This post was published on 24 November 2022 23:18

Bart Noëth

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