United Airways Boeing 777-200
A Amsterdam trip to Newark on April 15 was forced to transfer to Dublin a few hours after the trip after one of the pilots suffered from heart problems.
The airline confirmed that the plane landed safely in Dublin “Health anxiety treatment.” The plane is now on its way to Newark, but the details of the pilot’s condition are unknown. The accident comes a few days after the conversion of another unified flight over Europe after a serious medical emergency on board.
A regular trip from Amsterdam to Newark
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Boeing 777-200, registration N78005 was running Flight UA71, which works daily between the two cities. according to Harald flightThe crew was transferred to Dublin, and air traffic control advised that their third pilot was suffering from heart/chest issues. The plane was flying 36,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, about 670 nm northwest of Dublin and about 160 nm south of Kivlavric, Iceland, when the crew decided to rotate.
Flightradr24 It appears that the plane has left Amsterdam Sheephoul Airport (ams) at 09:23 and is scheduled to arrive at New Arark International Airport (EWR) at 11:10 local time. About one hour after the flight, I entered a knot style on Scotland before starting to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. However, returning back after an hour and landed in the Irish capital at approximately 12:30 local time.
Flight UA71 successfully left Dublin at 14:07 and is estimated to land in Newark at 15:52. The age of 26 years old, after it was built in November 1998. It has 276 seats, including 156 seats in the economy, 50 in business, 46 in the economy, and 24 in the excellent economic class. Before the accident, it operated trips to many local and international destinations, including Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.
Other medical emergencies on board the plane
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Dublin’s flight is converting a few days after the conversion of another United flight due to the medical emergency. On April 10, UNITED FLIGHT UA977, which was flying from Newark Airport to Dubai International Airport (DXB), was forced to achieve a decline in emergency situations in Athens, Greece, due to the decisive health condition of one passenger. The crew became concerned about the passenger who died when landing.
According to what the crew, the passenger tried to use medical equipment on the plane, including fibrillation, and CPR performance with the help of a passenger with medical knowledge. The trip was run by Boeing 777-300ER, N2140U registration. It fell in Athens at about 14:22 local time and stayed on the ground for about three hours. The trip moved to Dubai and returned safely to Newark on April 12.
On April 14, another UA trip (2325) returned to Denver “to address the potential wildlife strike.” The plane, the Boeing 737-800, was running a flight to Edmonton when it was seen with fire coming out of a engines. There were 153 passengers on the plane, who went down safely when landing at Denver International Airport (Den).
Air transfer operations are not common in air transportation
It can be caused by several factors, including:
- Bad weather: Thunderstorms, dust storms, floods, heavy winds
- Technical issues: Aircraft system or component failure
- Medical emergency: Health issues with passengers or crew
- Fears of safety and security: Wiped passengers, bombs threats, etc.
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United flights between the United States and the Netherlands
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The UA71 trip operates daily, leaves Amsterdam at 09:15 and arrives at Newark Terminal B at 11:10. According to data from CereiumIt is a flying analysis company, which is one of the five daily services from the Netherlands to the United States. The airline also fly daily from Amsterdam to Washington-Dolis with 767-300, Houston Interrantal with 767-300, Chicago-Harry with 787-8, and San Francisco with 777.
As of April 2025, United offers up to 35 weekly flights and 8407 seats from Amsterdam to the United States. Amsterdam Chicago and Amsterdam-Houston
Among the tallest flight road roads 767-300er
. The airline is primarily deployed by the type of roads from the airports of the American East and Middle West to Europe.