United B764 near Boston on Oct 15th 2025, laptop hides away

Last Update: October 31, 2025 / 17:35:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-126

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Aircraft Registration
N76054

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400

ICAO Type Designator
B764

A United Boeing 767-400, registration N76054 performing flight UA-126 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy) with 216 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 80nm southeast of Boston,MA (USA) when the crew decided to return to Washington as a precaution, after a passenger's laptop had fallen behind a cabin wall and down a small gap leading to the (pressurized) cargo hold causing concerns that the Lithium Ion battery could suffer a thermal runaway. The aircraft landed safely on Washington's runway 01R about 80 minutes after the decision to turn around.

The airline reported maintenance personnel located and retrieved the laptop, the aircraft was able to depart again.

The aircraft reached Rome with a delay of about 4.5 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-126

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Aircraft Registration
N76054

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400

ICAO Type Designator
B764

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