The Boeing 787, flying from Washington, D.C., to Munich, had to make hasty return to the airport "to address a mechanical issue," the carrier said.

A disaster was seemingly averted when a United Airlines flight bound for Munich, Germany, was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Washington Dulles International Airport.

United Flight 108 had just departed for an hours-long flight to Germany, when one of its engines malfunctioned.