Traffic & Transit
Emergency Response At LAX: Electronic Issue Triggers Landing Scare
Firefighters lined up and awaited an Air Canada jet landing at Los Angeles International Airport Monday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES, CA — An Air Canada Flight with a possible electronics malfunction prompted an emergency response at Los Angeles International Airport Monday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to be on standby along LAX's Runway 6 for Flight 787 out of Toronto shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, said LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
The Air Canada plane experiences some sort of avionics issue, she said.
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"They are down safely," she added.
The plane safely touched down as of 4:08.
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Air Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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