SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this we
SAN FRANCISCO — 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 issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week.
Fire engines stood by at the airport but weren’t needed, said Nicholas Prange, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles City Fire Department.United said the Airbus A320 has three hydraulic systems for redundancy purposes.The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement it will investigate the emergency landing Friday.
Video posted on social media taken after the landing in Houston showed the plane tilted to one side with one of its wings near the ground.
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