Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Another Scary Landing For Airline Passengers

Another Scary Landing For Airline Passengers, Customers brace for a crash when a flight has to return to the airport shortly after takeoff. American Airlines Passengers Told to Brace for Crash-Landing After Another Maintenance Scare, Another day, another safety issue has American Airlines under the microscope because of a mid-flight maintenance scare when a plane's landing-gear jammed after take-off.

Flight 1862 from Dallas to St. Louis had to return for an emergency landing 10 minutes into the flight Tuesday. The passengers were told to brace for a crash landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Jim Faulkner, an American Airlines spokesman, confirmed that he flight turned back to the airport without incident around 8:40 a.m. local time. Passengers were put on another plane to St. Louis.

"When they said assume the position, it was scary," passenger Elaine Krieger said.

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