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2009/03/12

American Airlines Emergency Landing in NY


Pictured: MD-82 at rest at New York-La Guardia Airport
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Matthew I. Smith



Examining debris on Flushing roof; includes a closing shot of a blade of metal embedded in the concrete roof

What: American Airlines MD-80 Flight 309 en route from LaGuardia Airport to O'Hare International Airport
Where: Pilot chose to make his emergency landing at JFK, where the runways are longer
When: March 11, 2009
Who: 88 passengers and five crew members
Why: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the pilot reported a problem in the right engine, and made an emergency landing at LaGuardia. Debris found in Queens may have been from the plane. Birds were not the problem.

On March 26-27, and April 8-12 a FAA safety audit grounded AA MD-80s, canceling 5700 flights.
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