United Airlines flight 821 diverted to L.A. on Friday as a result of a hydraulic system issue, the airline company said
A plane headed from San Francisco to Mexico City on Friday made a diversion to Los Angeles due to a hydraulics issue, in what now marks the fourth emergency situation for a United Airlines flight in the span of a week.
United Airlines flight 821 — which left San Francisco International Airport on Friday evening — was ultimately “diverted to” Los Angeles International Airport due to an “issue with the aircraft’s hydraulic system,” a company spokesperson tells PEOPLE in a statement.
The Airbus 320 plane, which was traveling with 105 passengers and 5 crew members at the time of the flight, has three hydraulic systems, which United notes are for “redundancy purposes.”
Only one of the three had an issue during Friday’s flight, the airline reported, citing preliminary information. “The flight landed safely…
