A United Airlines flight that was circling in the English Channel is returning to Heathrow due to a maintenance issue, the airline says. The airliner has been flying in a holding pattern for two hours.
A United Airlines flight from Heathrow to New York appears to have been circling in the English Channel for two hours since shortly after taking off.
Officials at Heathrow Airport and United Airlines were unable to immediately comment on what was causing the flight to divert from its planned path.
However, the airline said in a reply to a question on Twitter that it had received no information "that there is any plan to return to Heathrow".
Flight tracking website Airlive.net suggested on Twitter that the flight was "burning fuel before returning" to Heathrow.
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