Runaway Baggage Tug Damages Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 at Los Angeles International Airport (N624SW)

Incident Overview and Flight Details On April 9, 2010, at approximately 1930 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing 737-3H4, registration N624SW, sustained substantial damage at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. The aircraft, operated by Southwest Airlines as flight 579 under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121, was being pushed back for a scheduled domestic passenger flight to Tucson International Airport in Tucson, Arizona. At the time of the incident, the aircraft had one engine operating. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed. The aircraft carried two airline transport pilots, three flight attendants, and 104 passengers. No injuries were reported among the flight crew, passengers, or ground personnel.