A Boeing 777 aircraft from the U.S. carrier United Airlines, on its way from London to San Francisco, had to make an unscheduled landing in Iceland this evening with a sick passenger. Read the full story

A United Airlines passenger jet en route from London to San Francisco had to land at Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport this weekend due to smoke in the cabin. Read the full story

Keflavik, Iceland: At 14:44 local and GMT time (2:44pm) at Iceland’s largest international airport and gateway airport to the country, Keflavik, a United Airlines Boeing 767-300 made an emergency landing. The United Airlines Flight Number 949 flying en route London Heathrow to Chicago O’hare (ORD) when the flight crew and pilots witnessed smoke coming from the cockpit. As per standard procedures, the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to the closest airfield from the present location which was Keflavik, Iceland. Read the full story

Today at around 14:00 GMT a United Airlines Boeing 767 diverted to Keflavik Airport in Iceland and declared an emergency. According to sources, the airplane had smoke in the cockpit and cabin. There were 200 passengers on board the airplane. The airplane was en route from Europe to the USA. No reports of injuries have been made. Read the full story