A United Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday due to a “hydraulic failure.”
The plane, an Airbus A320 carrying around 110 people, was flying from San Francisco to Mexico City when it made an emergency stop around 4:30 p.m. at Los Angeles International Airport.
“The flight landed safely and passengers were deplaned normally at the gate,” United said.
“This aircraft type has three hydraulic systems for redundancy purposes. Preliminary information shows there was only an issue with one system on this aircraft,” the airline said.
The incident marked the fourth emergency landing by United in just one week.
That same day, a United Airlines Boeing 737 went off the runway and got stuck in the grass at the George W. Bush Airport in Houston, Texas.
Last Thursday, a United Airlines plane departing from San Francisco International Airport lost a tire, then fell to the ground and damaged vehicles in a parking lot.
Earlier in the week, a United Airlines flight that took off from Houston to Fort Myers was forced to turn around after one of its engines erupted in flames.
“United flight 1118 returned to Houston shortly after takeoff due to an engine issue,” the airline said in a statement. “The flight landed safely, and the passengers deplaned normally. We arranged for a new aircraft to take our customers to their destination, which departed for Fort Myers later that evening.”
The malfunctions come as conservatives have raised concerns about airlines hiring based on diversity, equity, and inclusion over the past few years.
