On 26 March, a one-year-old Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (N8712L) departed Orlando Airport to Victorville, California. The aircraft, however, was forced to head back to Orlando after an right hand engine problem. 19 minutes after take-off, the pilots safely landed back at the airport of departure.
Since a few days, the airline is ferrying its entire Boeing 737 MAX fleet to the Californian desert.
Southwest Airlines stores entire Boeing 737 MAX fleet in Victorville, California
#WN8701, a Southwest #737MAX 8 being ferried to Victorville for storage returned to Orlando shortly after departure this afternoon after reporting a failure of its right engine. https://t.co/jKVRO0ki9C pic.twitter.com/yn2I63kJGO
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 26, 2019