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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Io Dodds

United Airlines Boeing plane forced into emergency landing at LAX by ‘engine fire’

A United Airlines passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport after reportedly suffering an engine fire Monday.

United Flight 2127 took off from LAX for Newark, New Jersey, on Monday morning carrying 256 passengers and 12 crew, but was forced to turn back within an hour with a smoking engine, the airline confirmed.

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