757 wants to deviate, but doesn’t.

A United Airlines Boeing 757 was scheduled to make an unscheduled landing in Boston, but it was eventually canceled.

The aircraft, registration N33132, took off yesterday morning at 9:45 a.m., 35 minutes behind schedule, as UA69 from Stockholm Arlanda Airport bound for New York Newark Airport. A year earlier, its flight to the same airport had been canceled. After taking off north, the 757 turned west and flew over Norway. The machine then prepared to cross the Atlantic. The 757 eventually passed over Iceland and Greenland before entering U.S. airspace.

Possible fuel shortage

Because the plane appeared to be running low on fuel, the plan was to make an unscheduled landing in Boston. The reason was weight and balance restrictions. “We understand this was not part of your travel plans and apologize for the inconvenience,” a United Airlines spokesperson said when asked. Air Life.net After it became clear that the plane would stop in Boston. The flight from Stockholm to New York Newark required approximately eight to nine hours of fuel, excluding buffer. However, once the 757 reached the United States, it was decided to continue flying. It is not clear why this was modified. In the end, the machine arrived at its destination only fifteen minutes after the scheduled time.

In March this year, a KLM 777-300 made an unscheduled landing in the Czech capital Prague during a flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Schiphol due to concerns about a possible fuel shortage.