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A flight operated by United Airlines from San Francisco to Mexico City had to make an unexpected landing in Los Angeles on Friday due to a reported problem with the hydraulics. This is the fourth emergency incident involving a United Airlines flight this week.
According to a statement by United Airlines, the airplane safely arrived at Los Angeles International Airport at approximately 4:30 p.m. and all 110 passengers on board were uninjured.
Firefighters were present at the airport, but they were not required, according to Nicholas Prange, a representative for the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
The airline announced that passengers have the option to fly to Mexico on a different flight, which is scheduled to depart later on Friday.
According to United, the Airbus A320 has three hydraulic systems for the purpose of having backup options.
Initial reports indicate that there was a problem with only one system on this aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that they will conduct an investigation into the emergency landing that occurred on Friday.
A United Airlines flight originally departing from San Francisco Airport was redirected to Los Angeles International Airport.
The landing of an emergency at LAX occurred on Friday, following the evacuation of passengers from a separate United Airlines flight in Houston, Texas. The plane had veered off the runway and become stuck in the grass. United Airlines has confirmed that there were no injuries reported among the 160 passengers and six crew members.
A video shared on social media, captured after the plane landed in Houston, displayed the aircraft at an angle with one wing close to the ground.
Last Thursday, a United Airlines flight was forced to make an unplanned landing in Los Angeles. The plane, which was headed to Japan, experienced a tire malfunction during takeoff from San Francisco. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
The video captured the moment when the plane lost a tire from its left-side main landing gear shortly after taking off. The tire fell onto a parking lot for airport employees, damaging a car and shattering its back window. It then broke through a fence and finally came to a stop in a nearby lot.
On Monday, a United flight traveling from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas had to redirect back to its starting point, as one of its engines had ignited. Multiple passengers among the 167 on board the Boeing 737 recorded videos of the engine with a burst of flames. Fortunately, no one was harmed.
Source: independent.co.uk
