A United Airlines regional jetliner made an emergency landing Monday at Los Angeles International Airport with a landing gear problem, but no one was hurt.
The Canadair Regional Jet 200 aircraft landed about 8:30 a.m. The 40 passengers and three crew members aboard flight 5316 from Monterey got off the airplane safely.
“A SkyWest regional jet was unable to extend its left main landing gear and landed on Runway 24L with the gear retracted,” said Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA were investigating.
LAX spokeswoman Nancy Suey Castles said the aircraft stopped on Runway 24L near the intersection of Taxiways E and Z, near the middle of the runway, and the passengers were bused to Gate 81. The runway reopened about 3:30 p.m., an hour after the plane was towed off.
United Airlines experienced four delays and one flight cancellation as a result of the emergency landing, and one Aeromexico flight from Mexico City was diverted to Tijuana. No other airlines reported delays or cancellations, Castles said.
— City News Service