American Airlines Flight Forced To Make Emergency Landing At LAX

LOS ANGELES, CA — An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport early Friday morning.

The plane was en route to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas when it had to make an emergency landing, prompting the flight crew to return to LAX at around 2 a.m. Friday. The flight, AA 1445, was scheduled to depart from LAX at 1:30 a.m.

Video aired by KTLA shows the Los Angeles Fire Department responding to runway 25L to inspect the flight shortly after it landed safely at LAX.

A mechanical issue prompted the emergency landing, an LAX spokesperson told KTLA. But it remains unclear exactly what the problem was.

There were no reports of injuries.

City News Service contributed to this report.