A aircraft flying out of Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport needed to be diverted Wednesday afternoon as a consequence of a safety concern, flight officers say.
Solar Nation Airways says Flight SY593 flying from MSP to Mazatlán Worldwide Airport needed to be diverted “out of an abundance of warning in response to a safety concern.”
The flight was diverted to El Paso Worldwide Airport in Texas.
Based on FlightAware, the flight departed from Minneapolis at 2:21 p.m. CST and landed in El Paso at 4:25 p.m. MST. Two pilots, 4 flight attendants and 150 passengers had been on board.
Solar Nation stories the aircraft — a Boeing 737-800 — landed with out incident and all passengers exited safely. Prospects had been supplied with in a single day lodging and can possible be transported to their last vacation spot on Thursday.
“We apologize to our passengers and all these affected by this example, however security and safety are our highest priorities,” a spokesperson for Solar Nation mentioned. “We’ll do all the pieces to attenuate this disruption and get vacationers to their vacation spot as rapidly and safely as potential.”
Solar County says it’s working with legislation enforcement to research the scenario and the validity of the priority.
The FBI confirmed personnel responded to the scene in El Paso and are helping within the investigation however couldn’t give any additional info as to what occurred.
The flight was initially scheduled to take off at 11 a.m., however it was amongst a whole lot of flights at MSP that had been delayed after a number of inches of heavy snow fell in a single day within the Twin Cities.
