U.S.-bound United Airlines flight returns to London after 'maintenance issue'
LONDON, Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 17 (Reuters) - A U.S.-bound United Airlines flight is returning to London's Heathrow airport following a maintenance issue, the airline said in a statement on Wednesday.
Flight UA28 to Newark, New Jersey, had been circling off the south coast of England for about two hours.
"United Airlines flight UA28...with 227 customers and a crew of 13 on board, is returning to Heathrow because of a maintenance issue," United said in a statement emailed to Reuters. (Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)