What: American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Quito, Ecuador to Miami, Florida
Where: Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport in St James
When: 2:14 pm
Who: 155 passengers, 8 crew
Why: While en route over the Cayman Islands, the plane developed a temperature indication warning on the right hand engine. The flight made an emergency landing. Passengers disembarked normally without injury. The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority is investigating.
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