United Flight UA941 Makes Emergency Landing at Heathrow (uk.news.yahoo.com)

United Airlines flight UA941 declared an emergency while flying 32,000 feet over Manchester shortly after departing London Heathrow on Thursday afternoon, transmitting squawk code 7700. The Boeing 767, bound for Newark Liberty International Airport, abandoned a plan to dump around 20 tonnes of fuel and returned to Heathrow for an expedited landing, touching down safely at 6pm where emergency services met the aircraft. A technical issue was cited as the reason for the emergency signal.