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Safety & Regulation

Virgin Atlantic A330 Squawks 7700 and Returns to Manchester After Engine Failure, Circles an Hour to Burn Fuel

Virgin Atlantic flight VS127, an Airbus A330-300 bound for New York JFK, declared an emergency and turned back to Manchester on September 18 after an engine failure shortly after takeoff, landing safely 41 minutes later.

22 September 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

Delta 767 Squawks 7700 Over the Atlantic, Makes Overweight Landing Back in Dublin

Delta Flight 45, a Boeing 767-300ER bound for JFK with a full load of transatlantic fuel, turned back to Dublin on September 15 after a passenger medical emergency, landing overweight on runway 28L.

18 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal

Safety & Regulation

United 787 Bound for Cape Town Squawks 7700, Diverts to Newark After Mid-Flight Medical Emergency

United Airlines Flight 1011, a Boeing 787-9 flying Washington Dulles to Cape Town, declared an emergency and diverted to Newark on September 5 after a passenger fell seriously ill roughly two hours into the transatlantic leg.

16 September 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal