An American Airlines flight landed safely in Los Angeles Wednesday night after the Boeing plane blew a tire during takeoff from Dallas, federal authorities said. American Airlines flight 345, a Boeing 777 plane, took off from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and landed at Los Angeles International Airport without incident around 8:45 p.m. local time Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and American Airlines. "The aircraft taxied to the gate under its own power and customers deplaned normally," the airline said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. According to the airline, the pilots "received an indication that the pressure was low in one of the aircraft’s tires," before landing. There were no immediate reports of injury to anyone on board. The FAA is investigating.<br/>
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A 19-year-old student pilot from Northern Virginia who tried repeatedly to enter the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight from California to Virginia earlier this month has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, according to court documents. The man, Nathan Jones, was traveling on Alaska Airlines Flight 322 from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport on March 3 when he “interfered and intimidated flight crew members and attendants,” according to an affidavit filed the next day in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. His lawyer filed a motion this week arguing that Jones might not be mentally fit to stand trial. The affidavit said that Jones, a passenger in seat 6E, tried three times to go to the front of the plane and “open the aircraft’s cockpit door.” Flight attendants asked for assistance from off-duty law enforcement officers, who restrained Jones in flex cuffs and sat on either side of him for the rest of the flight. Flight attendants used a beverage cart to block the cockpit, the affidavit said. When they asked Mr. Jones why he tried to access the cockpit, he said he “was testing them.” Alaska Airlines said that Jones “appeared confused” when trying to get into the cockpit “in a nonviolent manner.” No one was injured.<br/>