A United Airlines Boeing 767
The incident reportedly occurred on a United Boeing 767 jet.
  • A United flight made an emergency landing after smoke filled the cockpit, per Aviation Herald.
  • The jet was flying from Chicago to Zurich on Wednesday when it was forced to turn back.
  • It was the same jet that recently deployed an evacuation slide midair, the Aviation Herald reported.

A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing after smoke reportedly filled the cockpit just days after an evacuation slide was accidentally deployed midair on the same aircraft.

The Aviation Herald reported that a United Boeing 767-300 travelling from Chicago O'Hare airport to Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday was forced to turn back due to "uncontained heat and smoke on the flight deck."