spent several hours in the air before safely making an emergency landing at LAX, with 140 passengers and 6 crew members aboard. The Airbus A320 was originally bound for JFK International Airport, in New York City. After the aircraft took off, the incident was quickly captured by news helicopters which ran feed that was shown live nationally on cable news. Many passengers on the flight said they watched images of their own aircraft's flight on JetBlue's LiveTV system. On October 13, 2006, a Gulfstream Aerospace jet overran the runway upon landing. There were no reported injuries amongst the five passengers and two crew members. New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was on board, en route to attend the funeral of teammate Cory Lidle. Rodriguez was uninjured, but the accident happened two days after the fatal plane crash of his teammate. On December 6, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 278 from Oakland overran the runway in heavy rain. The flight was stopped by the EMAS installed following the similar Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 incident in 2000. See also California World War II Army Airfields List of airports in California References External links Hollywood Burbank Airport, official site Elevate BUR, official replacement terminal site Burbank Airport at Burbank.com Aerial image as of March 2004 from USGS The National Map Airports in Los Angeles County, California Buildings and structures in Burbank, California Public transportation in Los Angeles County, California Public transportation in the San Fernando Valley Transportation in the San Fernando Valley Airports established in 1930 1930 establishments in California Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California