A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday morning shortly after taking off from Newark Liberty Airport.
Flight 1544 took off around 6 a.m. and was destined for Las Vegas, but was forced to turn around less than an hour later due to possible engine issues, according to the FAA.
The plane landed safely back at Newark, where all 176 passengers were able to board a different flight several hours later. No injuries were reported among the passengers or six-person crew.
The FAA is investigating what caused the issue, as concern over air travel safety grows despite the statistical unlikelihood of a crash.
The emergency landing came after two other United flights were forced to make emergency stops in Newark on Jan. 18 and Jan. 25.
In a separate incident Tuesday morning, a Southwest Airlines flight nearly missed a collision with a private jet that was taxiing on the runway at Chicago’s Midway Airport.
Multiple close calls and fatal plane crashes have already occurred in 2025, including a Delta flight that flipped upside down while making a crash landing in Toronto and an American Airlines flight that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C, killing everyone onboard both aircraft.
