A SkyWest flight certain for Houston was diverted to Austin on Thursday on account of robust turbulence and two passengers had 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 problem with the pilot, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned.
The FAA informed FOX Enterprise that, “SkyWest Flight 6469 landed safely after returning to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, around 7:45 p.m. local time on Monday, Oct. 20, after declaring an emergency when the pilot could not contact the cabin crew.”
“After landing, it was determined there was a problem 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 service, informed FOX Enterprise on Tuesday that, “SkyWest Flight 6469, operating as American Eagle from Omaha to Los Angeles on Monday night, returned to Omaha out of abundance of caution after experiencing communication issues 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 Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Information from the web site FlightAware exhibits the plane circled shortly after takeoff and landed about 40 minutes later.
“We weren’t sure if something was going on with the airplane, so that’s why we’re coming back here. It’s going to be a little bit. We [are] going to have to figure out what is going on,” 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 Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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 touchdown in Austin, Texas, after encountering turbulence so robust that it brought about 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 Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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Air visitors management audio launched in that incident revealed that not less than one of many injured passengers skilled bleeding, in line with native outlet KVUE. The flight attendant additionally mentioned a stretcher can be wanted on the gate.
FOX Enterprise’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
