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When it rains, it pours for Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) as a string of recent mechanical failures that forced emergency landings have highlighted.
The company, which came under investigation by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January after a door panel blew out in mid-flight, remained under the microscope this week following additional incidents involving its planes.
The latest, on Wednesday night, involved an American Airlines Group Inc. (NYSE:AAL) Boeing 777 carrying 249 people. The jet had left Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, but a blown tire forced it to declare an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
Just two days earlier, another Boeing 777, after taking off from Sydney, Australia, on its way to San Francisco, was forced to make an emergency landing back at Sydney after reports of hydraulic fluid spilling from the plane’s landing gear.
The previous week, another Boeing 777 took off from San Francisco, heading for Osaka, Japan, when a wheel fell off on take off, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport. The 256-pound wheel crushed parked cars where it landed.
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