<p>A flight this week from Amsterdam to Toronto spent more than five hours in the air before landing — in Amsterdam. The cause was a missed scheduled maintenance that was discovered while the plane was over the Atlantic Ocean, requiring it to do a U-turn and return home.</p>

A "maintenance deadline" discovered en route meant the airworthy aircraft had to return home for servicing.{ai:summary}<p>A flight from Amsterdam to Toronto was forced to return to Amsterdam after over five hours in the air due to a missed scheduled maintenance issue discovered mid-flight. The plane had to U-turn over the Atlantic Ocean and land back at its departure airport. #society</p>

Why a Toronto-bound flight from Amsterdam turned back after five hours in the air

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