United Airlines Boeing 787‑8 Declares “Mayday” After Engine Failure Moments After Takeoff

There was a severe panic in an international flight where a passenger jet plane on its way to Munich of the United Airlines crashed in a major flight scare after its left engine stalled seconds after fighting on the ground in Washington.

This is a month after an Air India plane bound to the Gatwick airport in London crashed in Gujarat in the city of Ahmedabad few minutes after take off. The aircraft represented the first crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to kill about 260 people.

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United airlines aircraft report Mayday

On July 25, 2025, Flight UA108 made a MAYDAY call when the left engine failed at approximate height of 5,000 feet, soon after the takeoff.

The pilots informed the controllers and started the emergency activities with a view to landing safely back at the airport. According to the FlightAware data, the aircraft of the United Airlines flew 2 hours and 38 minutes after the alarm code of the 'Mayday' was activated.

FlightAware further stated that the airplane remained in a holding pattern to safely discard fuel by circling northwest of Washington prior to landing again at the Washington Dulles Airport.

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The occurrence involving the United Airlines flight was just after the alarming occurrence of American Airlines aircraft in Denver International Airport. Passengers on board an AA Flight 3023 evacuated using emergency slides on Saturday after smoke was reported to be in the cabin.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 en route to Miami was in what the FAA termed as a possible landing gear incident. The American Airlines subsequently said that it was as a result of an aircraft tire.

According to the report published by Aviation A2Z, the pilots requested them to dump the fuel and liaised with the air traffic control operators to separate and correctly discard the fuel.

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