A SkyWest flight certain for Houston was diverted to Austin on Thursday attributable to sturdy turbulence and two passengers have been transported to a hospital after touchdown. (VIDEO: Fb/Gretchen Gilliam)
A SkyWest flight made an emergency touchdown Monday night time after its flight crew “was knocking on the cockpit door” over a communications challenge with the pilot, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned.
The FAA advised FOX Enterprise that, “SkyWest Flight 6469 landed safely after returning to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, round 7:45 p.m. native time on Monday, Oct. 20, after declaring an emergency when the pilot couldn’t contact the cabin crew.”
“After touchdown, it was decided there was an issue with the inter-phone system and the flight crew was knocking on the cockpit door,” the FAA added. “The flight was headed to Los Angeles International Airport.”
SkyWest, a regional provider, advised FOX Enterprise on Tuesday that, “SkyWest Flight 6469, working as American Eagle from Omaha to Los Angeles on Monday night time, returned to Omaha out of abundance of warning after experiencing communication points with a flight crew mic.”
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An American Eagle aircraft, operated by SkyWest Airways, arrives at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kevin Carter/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Information from the web site FlightAware exhibits the plane rotated shortly after takeoff and landed about 40 minutes later.
“We weren’t positive if one thing was occurring with the airplane, in order that’s why we’re coming again right here. It is going to be somewhat bit. We [are] going to have to determine what’s occurring,” a voice was heard telling passengers after the aircraft landed, in line with a video obtained by KABC.
The video additionally confirmed police boarding the plane.
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Passengers board a SkyWest Airways passenger aircraft at Denver Worldwide Airport in September 2016. (Robert Alexander/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Information from FlightAware indicated that the aircraft was in a position to take off once more for California about 5 hours after its unique scheduled departure.
In late August, a SkyWest flight additionally made an emergency landing in Austin, Texas, after encountering turbulence so sturdy that it precipitated two passengers to be hospitalized with accidents.
An American Eagle Embraer E175LR plane departs Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on Jan. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Carter/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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Air visitors management audio launched in that incident revealed that at the very least one of many injured passengers skilled bleeding, in line with native outlet KVUE. The flight attendant additionally mentioned a stretcher could be wanted on the gate.
FOX Enterprise’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
