Southwest 737 Max makes emergency landing in Orlando

Southwest 737 Max makes ********* landing in Orlando

ORLANDO — A Southwest Airlines ********** Max made a safe ********* landing Tuesday in Orlando, *******, after experiencing an engine *******, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The crew declared an ********* after taking off from Orlando International Airport around 2:50 p.m., and returned to the airport safely. No passengers were on board, and the aircraft was heading to Victorville, CA, where Southwest is storing the airplanes.

The 737 Max was grounded in the U.S. March 13 after a ****** ***** involving a Max in Ethiopia on March 10. It was the second ***** ***** involving the airplane. U.S. airlines are allowed to shuttle the planes but cannot carry passengers.

The FAA says it’s investigating but the ********* was not related to anti-stall software that is suspected as a cause of the two ***** ******* including one last year involving a plane from Indonesia.

Airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell says one of the airport’s three runways was shut down for cleaning after the landing. She says its standard procedure to check a runway for ****** after an ********* landing. It wasn’t clear if any parts actually fell off the plane.

Fennell says the airport’s other two runways remained open, and normal operations weren’t affected.






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