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American Eagle Loses Door


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What: American Eagle Aerospatiale ATR-72-500 en route from Lawton to Dallas
Where: Dallas
When: Apr 10 2010
Why: On landing in Dallas, the plane’s main gear door fell from the aircraft.

The incident occurred a few months after the Federal Aviation Administration proposed a multimillion-dollar civil fine against Fort Worth-based American Eagle Airlines for flying planes with inadequate repairs. Eagle flew 1,178 flights with improperly repaired landing gear doors on four Bombardier aircraft, violating rules set by the FAA.

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