The aircraft did not have any passengers and the issues was not related to a computer system, the airline said
In this Saturday, March 23, 2019, photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands at the Southern California Logistics Airport in the high desert town of Victorville, Calif. Southwest Flight 8701 returned to Orlando International Airport just before 3 p.m. ET after pilots reported a performance issue with one of the engines.
It did not have any passengers and the issue was not related to a computer system on the 737 MAX aircraft that has come under scrutiny following two fatal crashes, one on Lion Air and another on Ethiopian Airlines, since October, the airline said.Story continues below advertisement Southwest Flight 8701 returned to Orlando International Airport just before 3 p.m. ET after pilots reported a performance issue with one of the engines, the airline said.
The flight was scheduled to fly from Orlando to a logistics airport in Victorville, California, near the Mojave desert, where Southwest began flying its fleet of 34 MAX jets for storage. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration grounded the 737 MAX following the two crashes but has allowed airlines to conduct flights without passengers to move planes to other airports.Rather than fly to California, Southwest said the plane will be moved to an Orlando maintenance facility for review.
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