American Airways flight grounded in Des Moines after mechanical difficulty
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Crews are nonetheless inspecting a Chicago-bound American Airways flight that made an emergency touchdown roughly half-hour after takeoff on the Des Moines Worldwide Airport.
American Airways flight 449 took off with 119 passengers from Des Moines Worldwide round 6:05 a.m. Saturday, June 7, en path to the Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than the pilot turned the airplane round resulting from a mechanical difficulty, airport communications supervisor Sarah Hoodjer mentioned.
The pilot landed the airplane safely again in Des Moines at 6:40 a.m. and taxied to a gate the place passengers exited. Nobody on board suffered accidents, Hoodjer mentioned.
Airport says related emergency landings aren’t unusual
Hoodjer famous that route diversions and emergency landings attributable to mechanical points are frequent.
Crews are investigating what precipitated the sudden touchdown, she mentioned.
The airplane was anticipated to take off as soon as the difficulty was mounted. Among the Chicago-bound passengers had been ready for the airplane to be mounted, whereas others had been rebooked onto different flights.
There have been two different flights scheduled to Chicago on June 7 − one was scheduled to depart at 1:50 p.m. and the opposite at 5:56 p.m.
Virginia Barreda is the Des Moines metropolis authorities reporter for the Register. She could be reached at vbarreda@dmreg.com. Comply with her on X at @vbarreda2.