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United Airlines Washington–Amsterdam flight issues emergency signal

First reported by Shant TV / Shantnews: 10:12, 12 October

Updated 10:17, 14 October, 9 sources

World. Photo: Vuxi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Vuxi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

A United Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Washington to Amsterdam issued a "Squawk 7700" emergency signal over the Atlantic Ocean and turned toward Canada, according to Flightradar24. The aircraft departed Washington on Sunday at 20:47 local time and headed for St. John's International Airport. The 7700 code indicates a general emergency on board, but is not necessarily linked to a risk of disaster.

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  1. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  2. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  3. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  4. News.am (Opposition)
  5. Ararat News (Balanced)
  6. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  7. Politik.am (Opposition)
  8. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  9. Civic.am (Pro-government)

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