A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Paris was diverted to Denver Thursday evening due to an ‘engine issue‚’ adding to the woes for the airline. United Flight 990‚ using a Boeing 777-200‚ landed in Denver after the crew reported an issue with one engine. The flight carrying 273 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely. ALERT – A United Airlines (Boeing 777-200) flight from San Francisco to Paris diverted to Denver due to an engine issue — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 29‚ 2024 Boeing curse strikes again: United Airlines plane diverted to Denver due to engine problems during international flight to Paris https://t.co/L7OsdI3AOV pic.twitter.com/EaVGVsfeFF — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 29‚ 2024 Fox Business reports: The flight was canceled once it landed in Colorado. “We are working with our customers to provide them with flight options on Friday‚” the Chicago-based carrier said in a statement. The incident comes more than a week after CEO Scott Kirby reassured fliers in a letter that the carrier is looking into the string of incidents that involved its aircraft in the last few months – from engine and structural issues to a wheel falling off during takeoff. Before Thursday’s incident‚ at least six unrelated incidents had occurred on planes operated by United since early February. Five of them involved a Boeing aircraft. A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Paris was diverted to Denver Thursday evening due to an engine issue‚ the carrier said. https://t.co/PL72PK2ASz — CBS News (@CBSNews) March 29‚ 2024 The incident follows the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) saying it would increase oversight of United Airlines. United Airlines To Face Increased FAA Oversight Per CBS News: It comes after several other recent flight incidents involving United‚ including a mishap on March 7 when a tire fell off a United Airlines jet taking off from the San Francisco airport‚ an emergency landing of another flight in Los Angeles due to hydraulic issues the following day‚ and a panel flying off an aging United Boeing 737. CBS News reported last week that the Federal Aviation Administration has been weighing possible temporary action against United‚ including some potential restrictions on its ability to add new routes or planes. In a letter to employees March 22‚ Sasha Johnson‚ United vice president of corporate safety‚ seemed to acknowledge some temporary FAA action was coming. "Over the next several weeks‚ we will begin to see more of an FAA presence in our operation as they begin to review some of our work processes‚ manuals and facilities‚" Johnson wrote. "As part of this effort‚ the FAA will also pause a variety of certification activities for a period of time. Those activities will differ depending on the work group and we will learn more from the FAA about that soon."

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A store licensed to sell Cadbury chocolates in the UK changed the name of Easter Eggs to Gesture Eggs. The post went viral when The Telegraph posted it. Cadbury responded when Snopes contacted them. They said they were not changing the name of the eggs‚ and it was only one store. The store in question […] The post What the Hay Is a Gesture Egg? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.