“A different aircraft will continue the flight to Chicago while the original aircraft is taken out of service for a review,” Southwest Airlines spokesperson Dan Landson said in an email. The flight landed safely at 10:22 a.m., the spokesperson said. The flight made it to Dove Creek, Colorado, before turning around, according to the Flightradar24 Twitter account.
that it would need to return to Las Vegas, according to a Reid airport spokesperson. for Midway International Airport, then notified airport personnel around 9:20 a.m. Southwest Airlines Flight 1209, with 148 passengers and crew aboard, departed at 7:52 a.m. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Chicago-bound flight from Las Vegas was forced to return to Harry Reid International Airport on Tuesday morning after a tire burst upon departure. A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Harry Reid International Airport on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Las Vegas.
