Jet lands safely after alerted of cargo door ajar

LOS ANGELES - A Frontier Airlines jet landed safely in Los Angeles, after being turned around because of a possible problem with a cargo door.

The plane took off from Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday morning on a flight to Denver, and the crew then reported that a cargo door light started flashing intermittently.

So, the airline says, the crew decided to “get it checked out.” The plane headed to Los Angeles, where Frontier has more maintenance crews.

Flight 263, an Airbus 318, circled to burn off fuel before landing at LAX shortly before 1 p.m. PT, about two hours after it took off.

The plane had 119 passengers and crew members on board.

When the problem was discovered, crash crews initially assembled at John Wayne Airport, but Frontier spokesperson Joe Hodus said the pilots decided to land instead at the Los Angeles airport because it had more resources available.

Hodus emphasized that the landing was a precautionary, not an emergency.

MORE FROM LIFE

Life Section Front

Swim club in bias lawsuit to file bankruptcy   Overdue books returned — 51 years later NYT: Pot moves into open in ‘high’ ski town Flooding from Ida remnants hits Northeast 3 medical crew die in helicopter crash Desert bones linked to German tourists Wall collapses at S.C. football game; 12 hurt Mud slides into L.A. suburb after wildfire Tim McGraw helping neighbors in need Texan drives $1 million car into marshes Life Section Front   Add Life headlines to your news reader: