Los Angeles International has more long-haul passenger flights than any other US airport except New York JFK. The Southern Californian facility is also the world's tenth-busiest gateway for such activity.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta made an emergency return to LAX on July 18 after an engine fire forced the pilots to declare an emergency shortly after takeoff. Flight 446 had just departed Los Angeles International Airport when the crew detected signs of a fire in the left ...