A Boeing Bound for Washington Returns Urgently to Roissy Airport Shortly After Takeoff

A United Airlines Boeing, which left Paris for Washington, was forced to turn back while flying over Normandy.

The flight was short-lived. A Boeing 767-300 having taken off having taken off from the Roissy-charles de Gaulle Airport at 5.44pm, this Saturday 25th October, to Washington, was forced to turn around shortly afterwards while flying over Normandy. The United Airlines aircraft declared an emergency forcing them to return to Paris. He would have encountered a technical problem. It finally landed at roissy airport at 6.48pm according to the site Flight aware.

#UA331 from Paris to Washington turning back toward Paris shortly after take off squawking 7700. https://t.co/HL6ecXqLlr pic.twitter.com/3DeAbDvu31
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 25, 2025

The day before, an Air France Boeing bound for Reunion Island was forced to turn back. If the plane took off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport at 5.49pm, Friday 24th October, towards Saint Denis, it had to turn around over Switzerland approximately 45 minutes after departure due to also a technical problem.