INCIDENT United #UA99 Boeing 787-9 from Melbourne to LAX diverted to Noumea after oxygen masks automatically dropped due to smoke in cockpit
A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 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…