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Southwest Flight 3396 Diverted to LAX After Engine-Related Alert
November 7, 2026 · Texas News Studio
A Southwest Airlines flight headed from Orange County to San Jose diverted to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, November 6, after the crew received an engine-related maintenance indication.
Southwest Flight 3396 departed John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana and landed safely at LAX shortly before 12:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, as reported by NBC Los Angeles.
Southwest said the pilots followed established procedures and landed uneventfully. The airline said it would arrange another aircraft to carry customers onward to San Jose. The FAA said it would investigate.
An engine-related maintenance indication does not, by itself, establish that an engine failed. The precise technical cause had not been publicly established in the reporting available at publication.
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