PastTense
23rd Dec 2015, 19:47
A Southwest flight out of Oakland International Airport (http://www.sfgate.com/search/?action=search&channel=news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Oakland+International+Airport%22) 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 (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Southwest-flight-out-of-Oakland-circling-over-6717749.php)
Why not simply fly to Chicago, burning up the fuel on the trip there instead of burning it up flying around in circles?
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 (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Southwest-flight-out-of-Oakland-circling-over-6717749.php)
Why not simply fly to Chicago, burning up the fuel on the trip there instead of burning it up flying around in circles?