Southwest flight 2547 out of Oakland Lands Safely after Landing Gear Issue
A Southwest flight out of
Oakland International Airport landed safely back at the airport Wednesday morning after a several tense hours circling in the sky following a possible problem with the plane’s landing gear, officials said.
Flight 2547 bound for Chicago departed with 139 passengers on board around 6 a.m. but the captain immediately decided to return to the airport to check on a “maintenance item” on the plane, Southwest officials said in a statement Wednesday morning.
Southwest flight out of Oakland lands safely after landing gear issue - SFGate
Why not simply fly to Chicago, burning up the fuel on the trip there instead of burning it up flying around in circles?