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Southwest passengers bound for San Jose were diverted to Los Angeles Friday after pilots received an engine-related maintenance warning. Flight 3396 landed safely, and the airline said it would arrange another aircraft for the trip.
The flight landed at Los Angeles International Airport around 12:25 p.m. Pacific (3:25 p.m. Eastern), the FAA said. The FAA said it will investigate.
What Southwest said
Southwest said the pilots followed established procedures and landed the aircraft uneventfully. The airline said it will accommodate customers on another aircraft to San Jose. Details about the engine maintenance indication were not immediately available, per local reports.
What flight data showed
The flight left John Wayne Airport in Orange County at about 11:30 a.m. Pacific, stopped climbing around 20,000 feet and broadcast the general emergency code to air traffic controllers, according to a published account of flight-tracking data. Los Angeles airport officials said the plane landed without incident on Runway 25L.
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