Southwest Airlines skein diverted to LAX due to electrical odour 2011-04-05 02:54:44 Print LOS ANGELES, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The San Diego-bound Southwest Flight 1588 made an predicament landing-place at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after the gang noticed an electrical smell, authorities said on Monday. The bevy took off from the Oakland International Airport on Sunday twilight and had 142 family on board, including the crew, Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger said. The run certain to occupy the unbroken to LAX after the corps reported an electrical smell, Eichinger said.
The flat would be out of employ until the cause of the hum is found and fixed, Eichinger said. But Eichinger said Sunday's maladjusted was "totally unrelated" to an earlier muddle that occurred to another Southwest flight, which got a slot in its fuselage during a trip on Friday. The two flights are of the same mould of Boeing 737-300.
Friday's mishap prompted Southwest to rob its navy of about 80 Boeing 737-300s out of assignment for inspections, greatest to the abandonment of some 600 Southwest flights. Subsequently, inspectors found cracks in the fuselages of three more planes. About 20 of the planes have passed inspections and been put back into service, but another 100 excursion cancellations are expected on Monday, Southwest officials said.
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