A Japan Airlines jetliner preparing to depart Los Angeles was grounded on Monday after one of the plane's jet engines apparently sucked up a cargo container, officials said.Television footage showed the large object wedged into an engine as the plane sat on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport.
Metal baggage container sucked into jet engine flight grounded at LAX
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