WASHINGTON — The US civil aviation agency (FAA) opened an investigation after an incident occurred on Thursday in a Boeing company 737 Southwest, who reported an “engine problem” just before takeoff.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1928 “safely aborted its takeoff taxi” after the crew reported a “possible engine problem,” the airline said. airline by email to AFP on Friday.
The regulatory agency indicated that it “will investigate” the incident that occurred around 5:45 p.m. local time (10:45 p.m. GMT) on Thursday.
The plane, which was supposed to fly to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas (Nevada), “returned to the gate under its own power,” the airline explained, adding that it took the 154 passengers to their destination on Thursday in the night aboard another aircraft.
According to the records of the exchanges between the control tower and the cockpit, available on a specialized site, the pilot mentions “overheating of the brakes” and “fire at the level of the left engine.”
The incident adds to the problems facing Boeing, which recently announced changes among its management following the almost catastrophic incident in a fuselage panel of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 in mid-flight.
It also marks the second time in less than two weeks that a Southwest flight has reported difficulties.
On March 23, another Southwest plane that was supposed to land at New York’s La Guardia airport was diverted to Baltimore-Washington, which is also the subject of an investigation by the FAA.
Source: With information from AFP
