Chicago, Illinois – A United Airlines flight operating as Flight 2137 was compelled to return to O’Hare Airport due to a maintenance issue on Saturday morning. The Airbus 320 aircraft, carrying five crew members and 149 passengers, was en route to Salt Lake City International Airport when a potential oil warning light problem arose, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The flight successfully landed back at O’Hare Airport around 11 a.m., with passengers safely disembarking at the gate. Passengers were later accommodated on a different aircraft to continue their journey to Salt Lake City. This incident adds to a series of challenges for airlines, with Chicago-based United facing multiple issues in recent days.
In a string of events, a United flight from San Francisco to Mexico City was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday night due to a hydraulic system malfunction. Earlier the same day, a United plane veered off the runway after landing in Houston. The troubles continued on Thursday when a United Flight departing from San Francisco had a wheel fall off, damaging two cars on the ground.
Moreover, an American Airlines aircraft clipped a parked Frontier jet while pushing back from the gate in a separate incident. These occurrences have prompted the FAA to launch investigations into each incident, including the one involving a United flight that caught fire after bubble wrap was sucked into the engine on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department is scrutinizing a door blowout that occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight on January 5. The investigation is focused on whether Boeing has adhered to the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement following two fatal crashes involving 737 Max planes in 2017 and 2018, for which Boeing paid $2.5 billion.