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American Eagle Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Clinton National Airport

American Eagle flight 3382 made an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 25th.

The plane took off for Dallas, Texas, but had to turn back due to indication of a possible mechanical issue.

The plane landed safely. All seventy passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.

American Eagle Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Omaha

An American Eagle flight had to return for an emergency landing in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 24th.

The plane took off for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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American Eagle Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Quad City International Airport

American eagleAmerican Eagle flight AA-3501 made an emergency landing at Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, on October 6th.

The Embraer ERJ-145 plane flying from Chicago, Illinois, to Manhattan, Kansas, was diverted due to hydraulic issues.

The plane landed safely. All 50 people aboard remained unharmed.


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American Eagle Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Kentucky

American eagleAmerican Eagle flight 5946 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Louisville International Airport, Kentucky, on September 25th.

The plane was heading from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, to Dayton, Ohio, when the crew reported a mechanical problem and decided to divert.

The plane landed safely. There were 51 passengers and 4 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.


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American Eagle Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Wichita

American eagleAn American Eagle flight made an emergency landing at Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas, on March 7th.

The Embraer jet, heading from Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dallas, Texas, had to be diverted after a smoke detector went off in the baggage compartment.

The plane landed safely. All 55 people on-board remained unhurt.

No evidence of fire was found upon inspection.


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American Eagle Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Green Bay

An American Eagle plane had to divert and make an emergency landing at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on February 12.

The plane, heading from Marquette, Michigan, to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, was diverted after it developed control problems.

The plane landed safely.

There were 42 passengers and 3 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.


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American Eagle Flight Returns to Sioux Falls Regional Airport

American eagleAn American Eagle flight returned and made an emergency landing at Sioux Falls Regional Airport, South Dakota, on November 15.

The plane took off for Chicago but had to return immediately afterwards after the pilot reported an engine problem.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 50 passengers remained safe.

The FAA is investigating.


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American Eagle Flight Diverts to Alabama due to Fuel Leak

ExpressJetExpressJet Airlines Flight 2762, operating as American Eagle, had to divert and make an emergency landing in Huntsville, Alabama, on November 11.

The flight was heading from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, Tennessee, to Dallas, Texas, when a passenger reported fuel leaking out of the wing, prompting the pilot to divert.

The plane landed safely. All 41 passengers and three crew members remained unharmed.

The airline arranged a replacement aircraft for the passengers.


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American Eagle Jet Diverts to Tulsa International Airport

American EagleAmerican Eagle flight 3235 had to make an emergency landing at Tulsa International Airport, Oklahoma, on February 9.

The plane, heading from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had to be diverted after the pilot reported fumes in the cockpit.

The plane landed uneventfully at around 6:15 p.m. and was immediately evacuated. None of the 63 passengers and 4 crew members was harmed.

The cause of fumes is being investigated.


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American Eagle Flight Returns to Lexington

American eagleAn American Eagle flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, on the night of December 23.

The flight, heading from Lexington to Chicago, had to turn back after the crew reported an electrical smell on board.

The plane landed uneventfully shortly after 7 p.m. None of the 7 passengers and 3 crew members aboard was injured.

The airline said the passengers will be accommodated in other flights.


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American Eagle Plane Returns to Beaumont Due to Hot-Engine Warning

American eagleAn American Eagle flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Beaumont, Texas, on December 11.

The twin-engine plane, en-route to Dallas, had to turn back after a hot-engine warning light turned on.

The plane landed uneventfully at 11:38 a.m. No one was injured.

The incident is under investigation.


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American Eagle Jet in Emergency Landing at Abilene

American eagleAn American Eagle jet, en-route from Midland to Dallas-Fort Worth, had to make an unscheduled in Abilene, Texas, on October 14.

According to airline spokesperson Matt Miller, the pilots declared emergency after a warning light indicated a braking system malfunction.

The Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft, landed uneventfully at Abilene Regional Airport and none of the 52 passengers and 4 crew members was hurt.

The aircraft was taken for examination.


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American Eagle Flight 3052 in Emergency Landing at DFW

American eagleAmerican Eagle flight 3052 had to make an emergency landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on the afternoon of October 2.

The pilot of the flight, en-route from Waco to DFW, declared emergency after smoke was discovered in the cabin.

The plane landed uneventfully and all 47 passengers and 3 crew members were shifted to the terminal via buses.

According to some reports, 3 passengers were treated for minor injuries.

The cause of smoke is not known at the moment.

American Eagle Flight Lands in Emergency with Cracked Windshield

American eagleAn American Eagle flight, operated by Express Jet, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, just after 8:30 a.m. on September 22.

The Flight 2539 was on its way from Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Dallas, Texas, with 49 passengers and 3 crew members aboard, when its windshield cracked midair.

The pilots then decided to divert to Wichita where it made an uneventful emergency landing. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.

Investigators are looking into the cause of crack.

American Eagle Flight Returned to LaGuardia for Emergency Landing

American eagleAmerican Eagle Flight 3340 returned to New York’s LaGuardia Airport for emergency landing on July 30.

The airline maintained that, the flight, which was on its way to Knoxville, Tennessee, returned shortly after takeoff due to a mechanical issue. According to the FAA officials, the plane landed in emergency after smoke was detected in the bathroom.

The Embraer 135 aircraft landed safely at about 3 p.m. All 44 passengers and 3 crew members aboard remained unhurt.

The runway remained close for some time.


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American Eagle Emergency Landing

On December 9, 2013 at 6:45 p.m, American Eagle flight 3162 safely departed Cincinnati en route to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport but then smoke developed in the cabin. It may have originated in the main gear.

Pilots declared emergency and returned to CVG airport and made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

The plane was successfully evacuated. Fifty-three people were aboard.

No injuries.


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Disruptive and Unruly

The disruptive passenger of Monday ( US Airways flight from Vegas to Charlotte) repeats “disruptive and unruly” behavior Tuesday on Albuquerque to Chicago.

The Chicago flight had to divert to Kansas City to unload Mr. “disruptive and unruly” after he tried to exit the plane when it was still flying.

Around 11:30, Kansas City airport police escorted the passenger from the flight after he had been aggressive, shouting, and refusing to stay seated.

The American Eagle Flight 3172 continued to land safely at O’Hare.


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Turbulence Injures Attendants, Passenger

On January 16, 2013, an American Eagle Canadair CRJ-700 en route from New Orleans to Chicago encountered turbulence which injured flight attendants and a passenger. The pilots made a safe landing in Chicago.

If you’re buckled in, turbulence feels more dangerous than it is. Unfortunately, flight attendants, who are required to be up and about doing their jobs, are not infrequently injured by turbulence, whether it is clear-air (hard to predict changeable jet stream-rivers of air), wind shear, microbursts, mountain waves, thermal or wake turbulence left by another plane.

The physical consequences of being unbuckled when turbulence strikes means the unsecured person can be hurled about the plane, jolted in the air, struck by food carts or anything else loose in the plane. I’ve been on some white-knuckled flights where the flight attendants were champs and in spite of getting bounced around managed to calm the passengers. It’s only afterwards coming across either a cool and calm (or white-knuckled) pilot that I was able to determine just how dangerous the turbulence was.

In this case, great. A safe landing trumps everything. Too bad about the two injured flight attendants and passenger though.


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Drunk American Eagle Pilot

About a dozen pilots annually fail their Breathalyzer tests, and this year’s dozen will include an American Eagle pilot who boarded his flight at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and was arrested by airport police for failing a Breathalyzer test. It took two and a half hours to arrange for an alternative pilot to fly to New York. The affected pilot’s blood alcohol was measured at Fairview Southdale Hospital. The pilot was suspended.


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American Eagle Emergency Landing

What: American Eagle Flight 2829 Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Gerald Ford International Airport to Dallas
Where: Cascade Township airport, Michigan
When: Sept 13 2012
Who: 53 aboard
Why: The flight boarded at 6:30, took off at 7.a.m.from Gerald Ford International Airport, but nineteen minutes into the flight, the panel’s engine emergency light lit up, indicating a problem.

Passengers were told the right engine overheated. They saw no smoke, but say they smelled it after they landed, which runs counter to some news reports which say that the problem was a faulty indicator. About ten fire trucks were on standby. Passengers were provided alternative transportation.

ATC recommended diverting to Grand Rapids, where the pilot made a safe landing at 7:25.


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Baton Rough Cockpit Meltdown

Andrew Alessi was in an accident Interstate 10 and wanted police to kill him; then he bought a ticket, cleared security and when the flight was open for staff to get on board to clean the plane, stormed into the American Eagle jet just ahead of pursuit where he locked himself in the impregnable cockpit. No passengers were aboard.

The ground crew disconnected the batteries so he couldn’t start the airplane. After three hours, FBI negotiators talked him out. Alessi was put into lockdown after being taken into custody by Baton Rouge Police and faces charges.
Video Below


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Scary Diversion to Peoria: weather, smoke, jumping from plane


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Contact photographer Agustin Anaya

What: American Eagle Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Denver to Chicago
Where: Peoria
When: July 18, 2012
Who: 53 passengers, 4 crew
Why: The flight was en route when bad weather in Chicago made the pilot divert to Peoria.

On approach, when the wheels came down, smoke came down from the cabin ceiling. The pilot made an emergency landing, and emergency vehicles were on standby.

The video shows how passengers jumped from the plane, one by one. A single passenger injured an ankle while disembarking.

A shuttle was provided for passengers to get to Chicago

See video below:


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American Eagle Emergency Landing in Chicago

What: American Eagle Embraer EMB-145LR en route from Chicago to Tulsa
Where: Chicago
When: May 31, 2012
Who: 31 aboard
Why: The flight took off, but received a gear disagree message. After a flyby determining the gear were down, the pilots made an overweight landing. No injuries were reported. There were apparently no stairs provided on exit.

Passengers eventually arrived in Tulsa after 1 pm.

The same plane had just made a prior emergency landing at O’Hare.


Pilot’s audio provided by http://www.liveatc.net


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Airport Locator Being Doctored

This weekend, Aspen-Pitkin County Airport experienced failure in its localizer device, the equipment that guides planes making instrument landings, and as a result a number of American Eagle planes were diverted to other airports.

The problem which was detected by the guidance system’s self-diagnostic tests, was described as an “electronic glitch” in the localizer. It is located at the south end of the runway. Skywest and Frontier Airlines also diverted on Sunday, but because of high winds, not because of the localizer.


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Rogue Phones prompt American Eagle and Air France Diversions


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Contact photographer Alevik

What: American Eagle Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Nashville, TN to New York, NY
Where: Raleigh Durham
When: Jan 3rd 2012
Who: n/a
Why: Two phones found in the lavatory prompted the pilot to divert to Raleigh Durham.

A passenger who claimed the phones later was removed from the plane and taken custody by the FBI.


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Contact photographer Garret Lockhart

What: Air France Boeing 777-200 en route from Houston,TX to Paris
Where: Houston
When: Jan 3rd 2012
Who: 228 passengers and 15 crew
Why: While en route from Houston, a phone was found aboard. Pilots returned to Houston, where the flight underwent a security check.

The flight landed safely in Paris after a five hour delay.

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