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Safety & Regulation

United 737-900 Diverts to Jacksonville After Crew Reports Engine Issue Minutes Into Climb

United Flight 2746, a Boeing 737-900ER bound for Washington Dulles, squawked 7700 and diverted to Jacksonville roughly 30 minutes after leaving Orlando on September 25 after the crew reported an issue with one engine; all 185 aboard deplaned normally.

30 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Six Bursts of Flame Over Queenstown: Inside Qantas QF122's Engine Diversion — and the Bird-Strike Theory That Didn't Hold

A Qantas Boeing 737-800 diverted to Christchurch after witnesses saw repeated flames from its left engine on departure from Queenstown — and New Zealand's aviation regulator walked back its own bird-strike explanation within a day.

6 September 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal