A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday after the plane suffered a reported engine failure. 

Flight UA 2127 had to turn back to LAX after heading for Newark, New Jersey, after smoke started filling up the aircraft. 

The Boeing 787 had to deploy emergency evacuation slides on the runway so passengers could flee the plane. 

According to tracking information from FlightAware, the plane took off from Terminal 7 around 10.15am. 

The Los Angeles Fire Department then got a report of an engine problem onboard the aircraft around 11.05am, prompting the plane to circle back to LAX around 11.20am.  

A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday after the plane suffered a reported engine failure

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