United Airlines planes have seen 8 incidents in 2 weeks, NY Times reports

United Airlines (UAL) planes have seen eight incidents over the past two weeks involving aircraft manufactured mainly by Boeing (BA) and Airbus (EADSY), The New York Times’ Christine Chung reports. All of the incidents happened on flights that took off from or were headed to airports in the United States, and five involved airplanes made by Boeing, Chung writes, and while no injuries have been reported, the incidents have increased anxiety about aviation safety among federal officials. Kyra Dempsey, who writes about aviation accidents in a blog called Admiral Cloudberg, said that United’s recent issues were being “falsely conflated with Boeing’s troubles.” “While it’s bad luck that United had so many incidents in such a short period, in general such incidents happen frequently around the world and they aren’t on the rise overall,” Dempsey said.