Two American Airlines Flights Involved in Incident at Sky Harbor Overnight

American Airlines flight returns to LAX for emergency landing

An American Airlines flight unexpectedly turned around and made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff overnight.

Chicago-bound American Airlines jet forced back to LAX

An American Airlines flight bound for Chicago was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport shortly after taking off overnight. American Airlines Flight 1009 departed Gate 159B at 12:08 a.m. Friday, more than an hour after its scheduled departure, according to FlightAware. Not long after takeoff, the flight turned around and returned to Los [...]

Two American Airlines flights involved in incident at Sky Harbor overnight

An incident involving two American Airlines flights is under investigation at Sky Harbor International Airport.

American Airlines flight AA1009 to Chicago is declaring an emergency and returning to LAX

LOS ANGELES — An American Airlines flight bound for Chicago was forced to declare an emergency and turn back to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) shortly after midnight on Friday. Flight AA1009, operated by a Boeing 737-800 registered as N842NN, had departed LAX from Runway 25R shortly after 12:00 AM local time, headed for Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). After initial departure procedures, the aircraft made its standard eastwar…