The airplane was set to fly to a California airport for short-term storage
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 on its way to storage was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after departing Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday afternoon.
The aircraft was being ferried to an airport in Southern California, with no passengers aboard, officials said. All Boeing 737 Max aircraft have been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration and are only allowed to fly in special circumstances, such as being transferred. The jet is one of hundreds of Boeing aircraft grounded around the world while investigators work to find the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people earlier this month. The 737 Max 8, Boeing’s newest plane, has been involved in two crashes in less than six months. The first, in October, killed all 189 passengers and crew aboard a Lion Air flight when the plane plunged into the Java Sea in Indonesia shortly after takeoff.
The grounding of the Max aircraft has affected thousands of travellers recently. Airlines have warned travellers about possible disruptions and the likely need to rebook for passengers who were originally scheduled to be on a Max jet.
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