Created Friday, Jun 28th 2024 11:40Z, last updated Friday, Jun 28th 2024 11:40Z
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8623F performing flight
WN-1042 from Chicago Midway,IL (USA) to Montego Bay (Jamaica), was climbing out of Midway's runway 31C when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet advising ATC they needed to run some checklists and wanted to remain in the area. Subsequently the crew requested to divert to Chicago O'Hare,IL stating something needed to be checked out, they were not declaring emergency and no assistance was needed. The aircraft landed safely on O'Hare's runway 28C about 35 minutes after departure.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the crew received an engine (CFM56) overtemp indication.
A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration N8819L reached Montego Bay with a delay of about 7:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 24 hours before returning to service.
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