A Southwest Airlines jet with malfunctioning flaps made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), a newspaper reported today.Flight 1704 from Sacramento was scheduled to land at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank Saturday afternoon but was diverted to LAX, the L.A. Times reported after contacting a Southwest official.
There was a problem with the flaps and the plane circled Bob Hope Airport before landing at LAX with its longer runway, the official told the times.
Southwest Airlines jet makes emergency landing at LAX
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