The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a commercial flight to Hawaii, aborted by safely takeoff on Friday due to a “unstable” nose wheel.
The Hawaiian Airlines flight crew “Securely highlighted” from Los Angeles International Airport around 8 am, according to a FAA statement.
The images of the incident showed smoke near the bottom of the plane while braking on the track before turning.
Before takeoff, HA33 experienced a “vibration” in the nose wheel, a Hawaiian Airlines spokesman told Fox Business.
As a cautious, the pilots returned to the door, where the Airbus A330, bound for Kahului airport in Hawaii, arrived without incident.
“The guests were exhausted as mechanics evaluated and then solved the problem,” according to the airline spokesman.
The plane left Lax at 11:48 am local time and went and headed to Kahului airport, axis or 5:50 pm et.
“The safety of our employees and guests is our priority, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience,” according to a statement from Hawaiian Airlines, which was acquired by Alaska Airlines last year.
FAA officials will investigate.
Among a series of incidents in commercial airplanes this year, a pin on an American Airlines flight that caught fire in March filed a lawsuit against the airline.
Jerry Adamson, who was aboard a Boeing 737-800 plane that caught fire on March 13, sued the airline in the Denver district court for Nigligence and misconduct, according to judicial documents.
The plane was heading towards Dallas Fort Worth International Airport before being diverted 20 minutes on the flight to Denver International Airport.
The lawyers claim that the airline and the staff could not use the “reasonable care” in the maintenance and operation of the aircraft and argued that the flight crew knew that it absorbed the motor problems and “chose a taxi with a ratter of Motion Visthoul Airport Watch.”
The lawsuit states that the flight crew told Denver Air Traffic Controlers that it would not declare an emergency and rejected assistance when it arrived, which led to the right to fire eight minutes after landing.
Adamson and other passengers supposedly “inhaled large amounts of smoke and fire retardant” while evacuating the plane and were tasks to a hospital to receive treatment, according to judicial documents.
Landon Mion of Fox Business contributed to this report.
