Last weekend, Southwest Airlines flight WN353 between Los Angeles and Reno diverted to Fresno due to an engine issue.
Information has been released pertinent to this incident, which we will detail in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Fresno Diversion!: Southwest Airlines WN353 Los Angeles-Reno…
Southwest Airlines flight WN353, which diverted to Fresno, is a routine scheduled flight between Los Angeles & Reno.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was N8646B.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N8646B is a 10.0 year old Boeing 737-800 that was delivered to the airline in August 2014.
Of the 737-800 variant, Southwest Airlines has 205 of them in their fleet.
Furthermore, of that 205, all but six are in active service, with an average fleet age of 9.0 years.
As well as the 737-800, WN has the following other aircraft in their fleet:
- 375 Boeing 737-700s.
- 236 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Southwest Airlines flight WN353, which diverted to Fresno, departed Los Angeles at 1123 local time on July 27 and tracked north to Reno.
Near Bakersfield, the decision was made to divert and descend into Fresno.
The aircraft landed safely without further incident at 1240 local time.
As per The Aviation Herald, the engine issue at hand was performance-related.
So as a precaution, the crew opted to divert instead of continuing on to it’s destination as planned.
Aircraft Was Pulled out of Commercial Service for Two Days…
Data from RadarBox highlights that N8646B, the Southwest Airlines 737-800 involved in the incident on WN353 Los Angeles-Reno was grounded in Fresno for two days following the engine issue.
On July 29, the aircraft departed from Fresno to Las Vegas as WN8505.
It then night-stopped in Las Vegas before operating a flight to Dallas Love on July 30.
Overall, the aircraft is back in commercial service and is operating normally.
The aircraft is scheduled in for around 10-15 flights over the next few days, which highlights confidence in the maintenance applied to the aircraft.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this incident, then we will update you accordingly.
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