Investigators are probing a bizarre midair incident that broke a United plane's windshield at 36,000 feet

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
An United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Pete Hegseth had his very own flightmare when his government plane was forced to U-turn over the Atlantic

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Style
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on ahead of the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, part of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Summit at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 15, 2025
Pete Hegseth was in Brussels for a NATO summit on Wednesday.

NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images

An Air India Boeing 787 diverted to Dubai after its autopilot malfunctioned

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen on final approach flying for landing at London Heathrow International Airport LHR EGLL in England, United Kingdom on March 19, 2020.
An Air India Boeing 787.

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Ryanair flight almost ran out of fuel when a major storm led to several aborted landings and a 175-mile diversion

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Boeing 737 Ryanair aircraft identification code EI-DHG at the international airport Leonardo Da Vinci. Fiumicino (Italy), July 08th, 2025
A Ryanair Boeing 737.

Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

An Airbus A380 from Australia to South Africa took passengers on a 9-hour flight to nowhere after a satellite issue

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft as seen flying and landing at London Heathrow Airport LHR.
A Qantas Airbus A380.

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A United flight from Paris to DC had to U-turn to avoid flying across the Atlantic without enough working bathrooms

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
A United Airlines Boeing 767 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023.
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Delta passengers were delayed by 2 days after their flight diverted when an on-board oven caught fire

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300 wide body passenger airplane spotted taking off from Polderbaan runway departing from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS Airport
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330.

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Delta flight to China faced a 2,000-mile detour and a 9-hour delay when one of the pilots fell ill

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350.

James D. Morgan/Getty Images

A United flight to Greenland U-turned after airport security staff were told they weren't properly trained to screen the passengers

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Air China passengers leaving London faced a 13-hour delay after engine trouble forced an unscheduled layover in Siberia

Tech Insider : Business, Style
An Air China Boeing 777-300 ER plane prepares for landing at the Capital International airport in Beijing on October 22, 2024.
An Air China Boeing 777.

ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images

Subscribe to flight-diversion