Again Boeing 737 Max aircraft experiences engine problem after take-off

A Boeing 737 Max plane was on Wednesday forced to make an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, after it experienced engine problem 10 minutes after take-off.

This is coming after two crashes involving the 737 Max plane, raising questions about the safety of the plane.

No passenger was aboard the plane flying from Orlando International Airport to Victorville, California, for short-term storage during the grounding, Southwest Airlines said.

The airline said one of the pilots reported the engine problem and was directed to make an emergency landing at the airport.

“The two pilots aboard the flight reported a performance issue with one of the engines shortly after take-off. The crew followed protocol and safely landed back at the airport,” the airline said.

Southwest has said that the aircraft will be moved to its Orlando maintenance facility for a review.

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Airline regulators around the world have grounded the 737 Max model after concerns that the anti-stall system was behind two recent deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

All 157 on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft died after the plane crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa on March 10.

Similarly, four months earlier, a Boeing 737 Max 8 model operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.

IFEOMA OKEKE

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.