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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Travel
Sakshi Gupta

United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Open Door Alert Light Appears Mid-Air

United Airlines is one of the two American companies that operates Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners | Photo: Reuters (Credit: Reuters)

A United Airlines flight from Florida was forced to make an emergency landing after an open door indicator light illuminated mid-air.

The incident happened on Wednesday (Jan. 10) after United Flight 2434, heading to Chicago, took off from Sarasota, Florida and light came on. That forced pilots to alert dispatchers and reroute the plane to the next closest airport, which was in Tampa, according to reports in the local media.

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