Passenger’s lost laptop forces United flight to turn around

When a laptop or phone goes missing midflight, it can pose a safety hazard, because the lithium ion battery can overheat and ...

United flight forced to turn back after passenger loses laptop

United Airlines flight forced to turn back after passenger loses laptop - ‘I’ve never heard anything like that before,’ said ...

Passenger Loses Laptop“,” Forcing United Flight to Turn Around Mid-Air

A passenger dropped his laptop "behind a cabin wall panel and through a small gap leading to the cargo hold," a United ...

Dear United Airlines Passenger Whose Lost Laptop Meant the Flight Had to Turn Around

A United Airlines captain turns a plan bound for Rome from Washington state because of a lost laptop. Here are the people ...

Passenger loses laptop in the most unlikely way — and forces international flight to turn around

Lithium-ion batteries, which power digital devices like laptops and phones, can become a threat to airplanes if they are ...

United Airlines flight performs U-turn midflight after passenger drops laptop

A United Airlines flight turned around in the middle of an international flight after a passenger made the seemingly innocuous mistake of dropping a laptop.

Is your carry-on putting flights at risk? United flight turns back mid-Atlantic after passenger’s lithium-ion laptop slips into inaccessible cargo area

A United Airlines flight to Rome made an unexpected U-turn and returned to Washington Dulles Airport after a passenger's ...

Passenger’s lost laptop forces United flight carrying 216 people from US to Italy to turn around

A United Airlines flight carrying more than 200 people from Northern Virginia to Rome turned around near the United States coast after a passenger dropped their laptop and could not retrieve it. The ...
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United Airlines flights grounded nationwide because of computer problems

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of United Airlines flights were disrupted on Wednesday evening as the carrier grappled with a major computer system outage. "The underlying technology issue has been resolved, ...