Southwest B733 at San Jose on Sep 15th 2014, flaps problem

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration N398SW performing flight WN-468 from San Jose,CA to Phoenix,AZ (USA) with 135 people on board, was climbing out of San Jose's runway 30L when the upon contacting departure the crew indicated they wanted to stay on 5000 feet due to a problem with the flaps. The controller was quite concerned stressing that another Southwest Airlines flight 568 was on frequency and putting emphasis on the 4 or 5 during all calls. After working the checklists the crew decided to divert to Oakland,CA (USA). The aircraft landed safely on Oakland's runway 30 at what appeared to be a rather normal landing speed, the "welcoming committee" (own definition) in their stand by positions and following the aircraft to the apron after the crew requested the services to follow them to monitor braking.

The airline reported a "portion of the redundant flight control surfaces were not performing optimally" which prompted the crew to declare emergency and divert to Oakland. The aircraft carried 128 passengers and 5 crew (the crew reported 135 people on board).

A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N442WN reached Phoenix with a delay of 3:45 hours.