{"id":20155,"date":"2025-06-27T22:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/20155\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:03:14","slug":"southwest-airlines-flight-from-san-antonio-to-kansas-city-diverts-back-to-sat-after-tire-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/20155\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines flight from San Antonio to Kansas City diverts back to SAT after \u2018tire issue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The airline says it removed the aircraft from service to inspect the problem<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 lands at Manchester Boston Regional Airport, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa, File) (Charles Krupa,  Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A flight intended for Kansas City returned to San Antonio on Friday morning after it experienced a possible tire issue, Southwest Airlines confirmed to KSAT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/flight\/SWA507\/history\/20250627\/1630Z\/KSAT\/KSAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">flight tracking data<\/a> obtained from FlightAware, Southwest Airlines Flight 507 took off around 11:19 a.m. and was in the air for about 20 minutes before turning around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials said the Boeing 737-800 \u201creturned safely\u201d to San Antonio International Airport after the crew learned of a possible tire issue during takeoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The aircraft has since been removed from its active fleet while Southwest Airlines inspects any potential errors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a statement, Southwest Airlines told KSAT it was accommodating customers on another aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cNothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees,\u201d the airline said, in part. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read more on KSAT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\"><img alt=\"Christian Riley headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/79cbc6d5-ea2c-4f1c-99a8-ad4ac42db9a3.png\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/CRH294591CBPTN3KLABQTS231T\/\" title=\"View Christian Riley&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Riley<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Christian Riley joined KSAT 12 in June 2025. Riley returned to the Lone Star State after serving as the senior digital producer at the NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri and earning two Missouri Broadcasters Association awards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\"\/><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The airline says it removed the aircraft from service to inspect the problem FILE &#8211; Southwest Airlines Boeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,13021,18819,18818,7202,7203,18817,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-20155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-aviation","10":"tag-boeing","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-southwest-airlines","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114757592977548822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}