Mexico-bound United Airlines plane makes emergency landing in LA after hydraulic failure

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A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics problem, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week.

The plane landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport round 4:30 p.m. and not one of the 110 individuals on board have been injured, United Airlines mentioned in an announcement.

Fire engines stood by on the airport however weren’t wanted, mentioned Nicholas Prange, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

The airline mentioned passengers can journey to Mexico on one other plane anticipated to depart later Friday.

United mentioned the Airbus A320 has three hydraulic methods for redundancy functions.

“Preliminary information shows there was only an issue with one system on this aircraft,” it mentioned.

The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in an announcement it would examine the emergency landing Friday.

The emergency landing at LAX on Friday comes hours after passengers needed to be evacuated from one other United Airlines flight after the plane rolled off a runway and obtained caught in the grass in Houston, Texas. No accidents have been reported among the many 160 passengers and 6 crew members, United Airlines mentioned in an announcement.

Video posted on social media taken after the landing in Houston confirmed the plane tilted to 1 aspect with considered one of its wings close to the bottom.

On Thursday, one other United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Los Angeles. It was a jetliner sure for Japan that misplaced a tire whereas taking off from San Francisco. No accidents have been reported.

Video footage confirmed the plane shedding one of many six tires on its left-side principal landing gear meeting solely seconds after takeoff. The tire landed in an worker car parking zone at San Francisco International Airport, the place it smashed right into a automotive and shattered the again window earlier than breaking by a fence and coming to cease in a neighboring lot.

Earlier in the week, a United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas, was compelled to show round Monday after one of many plane’s engines caught fireplace. Several of the 167 passengers aboard the Boeing 737 took movies displaying a line of flames taking pictures out of the engine. No accidents have been reported.