An unusual situation has arisen with United Airlines. Just days after flight UA507, traveling from San Francisco to Rome, faced cancellations or diversions on three successive occasions, a similar event unfolded with flight UA942 from Washington Dulles to Lisbon, which was canceled on three straight days from August 16 to 18.

One of these cancellations involved a midair diversion, necessitating the aircraft to return to its departure point 2.5 hours into the journey while it was over the Atlantic Ocean.

In the earlier incidents, a Boeing 777-200ER was involved; however, in the recent occurrences, two Boeing 767-400s and one Boeing 757-200 were affected.

This situation prompts an inquiry into what is transpiring within the airline.