Southwest B737 near Los Angeles on May 13th 2018, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: May 14, 2018 / 21:51:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-2799

Aircraft Registration
N565WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N565WN performing flight WN-2799 from San Diego,CA to Las Vegas,NV (USA) with 68 people on board, was enroute at FL290 about 30nm east of Los Angeles,CA (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Los Angeles reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Los Angeles' runway 24R about 20 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N715SW reached Las Vegas with a delay of 1.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after 8 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-2799

Aircraft Registration
N565WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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