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United Emergency Landing in SD

What: United Airlines flight en route to Chicago
Where: Sioux Falls
When: 9:00 Wednesday jan 14
Who: 35 passengers No injuries
Why: The plane experienced mechanical failure after takeoff ( Reportedly, a flap on the plane wouldn’t go back down after takeoff) and landed back at the Sioux Falls Airport

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