2023-05-09 03:33:00
Hartford / Washington – Dangerous incident in the airspace over the US state of Connecticut: There, a United Airlines plane had to return to the airport shortly following take-off.
The Boeing 737-900 with registration number N66825 was under flight number UA1274 en route from Hartford, the capital of the US state of Connecticut, en route to the US capital Washington. According to the flight portal, the machine started flightaware.com On time at runway 24. At an altitude of regarding 4000 feet (equivalent to regarding 1200 meters) the pilots then reported an emergencysuch as the one specializing in flight incidents Portal Aviation Herald (English) now reported.
“Here a window has opened”, according to various media reports, including One Mile at Time and Business Insider, one of the pilots is said to have communicated to the responsible controller via radio. A cockpit window was specifically affected. The crew then had the connection through the open window “with serious wind noise” to fight. Air traffic control then immediately cleared the surrounding airspace so that the machine was finally able to land safely on the same runway as when it took off in Hartford, just 18 minutes following takeoff. The incident happened on April 18th.
Machine returns to the airport
On board were a total of 178 people, including five crew members. Luckily nobody was injured. However, passengers then had to wait several hours in Hartford until United sent a replacement aircraft (also a Boeing 737-900). About six hours late This plane then took off towards the US capital. It is not yet clear why the window opened shortly following take-off. There is said to be no electronic indication that windows have not been locked in Boeing machines. The aircraft was thoroughly examined on the ground following returning to Hartford and finally returned to service around twelve hours later, according to the reports.
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