United B772 near Newark on Jan 31st 2014, smell of smoke

A United Boeing 777-200, registration N791UA performing flight UA-932 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL350 about 23nm east of Newark,NJ (USA) when the crew reported the smell of smoke on board of the aircraft and decided to divert to Newark. The aircraft landed safely on runway 22L about 32 minutes later. Three passengers were taken to a hospital for checks after possible smoke inhalation.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N783UA departed the following day as flight UA-1755 and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 23:15 hours.

The airport reported three passengers were taken to a hospital as a precaution due to smoke inhalation.

The airline confirmed the smell of smoke on board.