Earlier today, May 5, a United Airlines Boeing 767 operating UA135 from Zurich to Newark declared an emergency and diverted to London.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
United Airlines UA135 – Zurich to Newark…
United Airlines flight UA135, which declared the emergency and diverted to London, is a routine scheduled flight between Zurich and Newark.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was N675UA.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N675UA is a 25.9 year old Boeing 767-300ER that was delivered to the airline back in August 2000.
Of the 767-300 variant, United Airlines has 37 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of the 37, 35 are in active service, and two are parked, with an average fleet age of 30.2 years.
As well as the 767-300, UA has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 75 Airbus A319s.
- 67 Airbus A320s.
- 66 Airbus A321s.
- 604 Boeing 737s.
- 61 Boeing 757s.
- 16 Boeing 767-400s.
- 96 Boeing 777s.
- 85 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
In total, United Airlines has 1,107 aircraft in their fleet, of which 1041 are in active service, and 66 are parked, with an average fleet age of 15.2 years.
United Airlines flight UA135, which declared the emergency and diverted to London, departed from Zurich at 1026 local time on May 5 and initially headed north towards the UK.
North of Paris, the aircraft briefly declared an emergency via the 7700 squawk code, indicating there was an issue onboard.
From there, the aircraft initiated a descent, changed it’s squawk code back to the normal 3046 code, and chose Heathrow as the diversion point.
By 0942 UTC, the aircraft had landed safely without further incident.
What Was The Reason for the Emergency Landing in London?
The Aviation Herald later on released information surrounding the emergency onboard United Airlines UA135 Zurich-Newark, which diverted to London Heathrow.
It is understood that a passenger in premium economy was the culprit due to their power bank starting a small fire in the cabin.
Furthermore, the rest of the flight was cancelled as a result of this fire.
It is unclear what the extent of the damage in the cabin looks like, but it is probably significant enough to cancel the rest of the flight to Newark.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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