United plane makes emergency landing at LAX due to engine fire
United Airlines Flight 2127 returned to Los Angeles after an engine failure; all 256 passengers and 12 crew members were unharmed
An engine fire forced a United Airlines plane to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Monday morning. No passengers were injured.
Shortly after 11:00 This morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) issued an alert confirming the incident that occurred on United Airlines Flight 2127, which landed safely after experiencing a failure in its left engine. Firefighters reported that all passengers evacuated the aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, without incident on a taxiway.