TUI Airways Boeing 787 Makes Emergency Landing in UK

A spokesperson for the airline confirmed that the flight was diverted due to a ’minor technical matter.’

A Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" plane of Thomson Airways with the logo of tourism giant TUI at the Hanover airport in Langenhagen, central Germany, on June 12, 2013. Julian Stratenschulte/AFP via Getty Images

A TUI Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner made an emergency landing at an airport in the United Kingdom on Friday due to a “minor technical matter” that, according to reports, saw smoke fill the cockpit.

TUI flight 156 was bound for Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic at around 10:40 a.m. on Friday local time when it diverted back to Manchester Airport shortly after takeoff.