It was forced to turn around just minutes into the flight.

According to flight data and air traffic recordings, the aircraft's left engine failed as it was climbing after departure.

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing on July 25 after one of its engines failed shortly after takeoff from Washington Dulles International Airport. Flight ...

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 flight to Munich declared an emergency after left engine failure, safely dumping fuel for over ...

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner declared a Mayday shortly after takeoff from Washington due to a left engine ...

Pilots on a United Airlines flight declared ‘MAYDAY’ shortly after taking off from Washington Dulles International Airport ...

The pilot informed ATC that the aircraft was dumping fuel at 6,000 feet while flying northwest. ATC then instructed the plane ...

A Munich-bound United Airlines flight faced a mid-air emergency on Friday (July 25), declaring a ‘Mayday’ call shortly after ...

They then requested permission for fuel dumping while maintaining the required altitude. ATC guided the pilots to a safe zone ...

Mayday training is often something departments do a couple times a year, or less. The Tulsa Fire Department found that repeated mayday training identified specific problems with radio operations ...

Mayday operations must be performed in the context of these failures. The volatility and uncertainty of these failures can cascade into an extremely dangerous rapid-intervention response.