{"id":551691,"date":"2026-03-29T04:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T04:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551691\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T04:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T04:19:16","slug":"southwest-pilot-aborts-hollywood-burbank-landing-because-runway-wasnt-quite-clear-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551691\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest pilot aborts Hollywood Burbank landing because runway ‘wasn’t quite clear’: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Southwest pilot<\/a> reportedly was heard on video telling passengers his aircraft had to initiate a go-around after touching down briefly at Hollywood Burbank Airport because the “ordered runway wasn\u2019t quite clear.”<\/p>\n

The incident happened Thursday as the Boeing 737 was arriving from Las Vegas<\/a>, according to KABC.<\/p>\n

“Hey folks, just a quick update. The ordered runway\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0quite clear when we were going to\u00a0touch\u00a0down there, so we had to\u00a0go around,” the pilot said over the plane\u2019s intercom in a video obtained by the station. <\/p>\n

The pilot added it would be another five to 10 minutes before landing.<\/p>\n

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A Southwest Airlines plane descends before landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2026.<\/p>\n

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One passenger told KABC<\/a> the plane\u2019s wheels briefly touched the runway before the aircraft took off again at a steep incline.<\/p>\n

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“The flight crew of Southwest Airlines<\/a> flight 2353 executed a pilot-initiated go-around after briefly landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California,” the Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News Digital Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The FAA said, “The flight crew of Southwest Airlines flight 2353 executed a pilot-initiated go-around after briefly landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California” Thursday, March 26.<\/p>\n

“There were no other\u00a0aircraft\u00a0or vehicles involved.”<\/p>\n

A Southwest Airlines spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “We don\u2019t have any internal reports of a runway incursion, and the FAA has indicated to us they do not either.<\/p>\n

“From our initial reports, the pilots performed a routine go-around before landing safely. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of its customers and employees.”<\/p>\n

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A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, Calif., Jan. 29, 2026.<\/p>\n

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In July 2025, a Southwest pilot on a flight from Burbank to Las Vegas had to dive aggressively to avoid a midair collision, FOX 11 Los Angeles<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

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