United 787-9 Returns to LAX 36 Minutes After Takeoff — Smoking Left Engine Sends Passengers Down the Slides

United 787-9 Returns to LAX 36 Minutes After Takeoff — Smoking Left Engine Sends Passengers Down the Slides

A United Boeing 787-9 bound for Newark turned back to Los Angeles and was on the ground again just 36 minutes after takeoff, after its left engine began smoking. Fire crews met the jet on the runway, and passengers were sent down the evacuation slides onto a taxiway as LAX imposed a ground stop.

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