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August 15, 2024, 4:44 pm
The American Airlines plane landed safely at Los Angeles airport. Credit: Wilfredo Lee | AP
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing early Thursday morning at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
By The Opinion
No injured passengers were reported as a result of this emergency operation at the airport.
The incident occurred at approximately 1:00 a.m. as American Airlines Flight 1644 was arriving from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
The flight reportedly took off from DFW around 10:45 p.m. and was scheduled to land at Los Angeles Airport at 11:54 p.m.
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) personnel were at the airport when the plane landed safely on the runway just over an hour after it was scheduled to land.
There has been no official information yet on the reasons why the aircraft had to make an emergency landing one hour after its scheduled arrival in Los Angeles.
Independent media outlet KNN reported that American Airlines Flight 1644 had encountered some sort of problem with the aircraft’s front landing gear.
On Thursday morning, another American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina.
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