An American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in California Wednesday evening after the pilot reported a possible mechanical issue, the latest incident involving a Boeing plane in the past week.
There have been at least six problems with Boeing planes since a frightening incident in January when part of the fuselage came off in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight.
In the latest incident on Wednesday, American Airlines Flight 345 from Dallas-Fort Worth reported the issue with the Boeing 777-200 plane.
In an emailed statement to HNGN, American Airlines said the pilots received an indication that the pressure was low in one of the aircraft's tires.
The plane landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport at 8:44 p.m. and no one was hurt.
On Monday, a sudden unplanned mid-air dive by a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 plane resulted in over 50 people injured.
Also on Monday, United Airlines Flight 830, which was a Boeing 777-300ER, from Sydney to San Francisco was forced to turn around due to a fuel leak, Fox Business reported.
Last week, a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 from San Francisco to Japan was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a tire fell from the aircraft and crushed cars in an employee parking lot at the airport.
On March 8, a United Boeing 737 MAX plane rolled off a runway in Houston, the airline said. The 166 total passengers and crew aboard that flight were evacuated, with no injuries reported.
And days earlier, a United Boeing 737-900 from Houston to Fort Myers, Texas turned around after one of its engines burst into flames, in a harrowing scene caught on video by several passengers. No injuries were reported.
Boeing has faced scrutiny since a door plug blue off a 737 MAX 9 on Jan. 5.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing has refused to tell investigators who worked on the door plug.
Jennifer Homen disclosed the information during testimony at a Senate committee hearing last week.
"Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few months," Homen testified.
Homen said that the company has not even confirmed if it keeps records.
"It's absurd that two months later we don't have that," Homen said. "Without that information, that raises concerns about quality assurance, quality management, safety management systems."
