United Airlines Boeing 787 plane from Melbourne safely diverted with smoke from cockpit

A United Airlines Boeing 787-900 jet was diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday (March 25) after reports of smoke coming from the cockpit, a local official told AFP. The United States aircraft flying 256 passengers from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles, touched down safely at La Tontouta airport in New Caledonia's capital Noumea. (www.straitstimes.com) עוד...