The plane from the United States gave a distress call and turned over the Atlantic

An emergency occurred on board a United Airlines plane during a flight from Washington to Amsterdam. According to the service Flightradar24, the ship gave a distress signal Squawk 7700 and turned over the Atlantic Ocean, heading for Canada.

Flight UA946 took off from Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday night. The flight was supposed to last eight hours to Amsterdam, but about four hours after takeoff, the pilots received a message about an engine malfunction.

The Boeing 767-300ER, which is making a transoceanic flight, turned around and headed for St. John's International Airport in Canada. The airport ground services have been notified of the imminent arrival of the American aircraft and have alerted emergency services.