American Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 249 people is forced to make an emergency landing at LAX after a ‘mechanical problem’.

Flight AA 345 was arriving from Dallas Fort Worth and landed in Los Angeles around 8.45pm local time Wednesday. 

The aircraft taxied along the runway and all passengers and crew onboard were able to disembark using a jet bridge. 

Initial rumors suggested that the issue was a blown-out tire, reports KTLA.  

Flight AA 345 was arriving from Dallas Fort Worth and landed in Los Angeles around 8.45pm.

This is just the latest in a slew of mechanical and safety issues to beset Boeing aircraft – and comes after a whistleblower at the aviation giant killed themselves earlier this week.

Just this week, a United Airlines Boeing 777 en route to to Japan from San Francisco was forced into an emergency landing in at LAX when it lost a tire. 

A few days before that, another Boeing jet was forced to make an emergency landing in LAX after taking off from San Francisco due to hydraulic issues.