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A BOEING 737 plane with 50 passengers on board has been forced into an emergency landing just minutes after taking off.
The United Airlines plane lasted just minutes in the air before complaints of an irregularity with a wing was reported in the latest set of Boeing blunders.
The plane made an emergency landing just minutes after taking offThe plane left Fukuoka Airport in Japan on Friday morning at around 11:45am before swiftly being forced to turn back around, police say.
No one was injured in the major ordeal.
The runway at Fukuoka Airport was temporarily closed for routine safety checks after the emergency landing.
It comes just days after a Boeing cargo belonging to the US mail service FedEx plane crash-landed on its nose on Wednesday.
The 767 aircraft was travelling from Paris to Istanbul and sent sparks flying as it nosedived on the runway.
And earlier this month, a Boeing 747 was caught on camera bouncing along the runway.
The Lufthansa Airlines plane was seen dramatically smashing into the ground twice in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) before the pilot gave up and aborted the rough landing.
Two days earlier, a wheel fell off a Boeing 737 fully loaded with passengers as smoke billows from the commercial jet.
Dramatic footage showed the plane grinding along the runway before it was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.
The multiple blunders come as the aircraft is giant is facing controversy over safety concerns.
Sky high chaos: a timeline of Boeing incidents
BOEING has found itself at the centre of increasingly concerning reports in recent months thanks to malfunctions on its planes.
April 2018- Woman dies after being partially sucked out of window on Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight
October 2018 – Boeing 737 MAX 8 Indonesia Lion Air fatal crash leaves 189 dead
March 2019 – Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopia Airlines fatal crash leaves 157 dead
January 2024 – Boeing 747 Delta Airlines plane loses front tyre
January 2024 – Boeing Alaska Airlines ripped window leaving gaping hole in the plane
March 2024 – Wheel falls off Boeing 777 United Airlines plane smashing cars below
March 2024 – Boeing 787 LATAM LA800 took a “sudden nose-dive” leaving 50 injured
April 2024- Boeing 737 engine cover ripped off mid-air
April 2024 – Wheel falls off and smoke billows from Boeing 737 FlySafair FA212 in South Africa
April 2024: Boeing 747 Lufthansa Airlines seen bouncing along the runway in another huge safety blunder.
May 2024 – Boeing 767 FedEx plane nosedives on runway due to front landing gear failure
May 2024- A 737 with 50 passengers on board was forced into an emergency landing in Japan just minutes after take-off
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