Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing at LAX

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport made an emergency landing there Thursday evening after sustaining a flat tire during takeoff from Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C.

Flight 309 landed at about 8:10 p.m. and first responders were on the runway as a precaution, CBS 2 reported.

CBS 2 reported the airline stated that the pilot declared the emergency landing as a precaution to be certain the flight had extra support if needed.

“While this incident is a rare occurrence, our flight crews train extensively to safely manage through many scenarios,” Alaska Airlines stated.

There were no injuries among the 175 passengers and six crew members aboard, CBS 2 reported.