Southwest B738 near Las Vegas on Nov 26th 2025, indication prompts diversion

Last Update: November 27, 2025 / 19:11:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 26, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-651

Departure
San Diego, United States

Destination
Indianapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8513F

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8513F performing flight WN-651 from San Diego,CA to Indianapolis,IN (USA) with 141 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 140nm southeast of Las Vegas,NV (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Las Vegas advising ATC they had some indication. On approach to Las Vegas the crew requested to cancel the approach and entered a hold advising ATC, the indication had ceased and had now re-occurred, so they needed to run the associated checklists again, the crew requested a long straight in approach. ATC advised, they had declared emergency for the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on Las Vegas' runway 26L about 45 minutes after leaving FL350. While taxiing to the apron the crew advised they "ran out of cooling" and requested emergency services to check for smoke or hot spots.

The airline reported a maintenance indicator prompted the diversion.

A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration N8718Q reached Indianapolis with a delay of about 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 19.5 hours before returning to service.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 26, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-651

Departure
San Diego, United States

Destination
Indianapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8513F

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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