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American Airlines Emergency Landing (and Bankruptcy)

What: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 flight from New York City to San Francisco
Where: Buffalo Niagara International Airport
When: Nov 27, 2011
Who: 713 passengers
Why: After having taken off from JFK, the flight developed smoke in the cockpit.

Pilots diverted to Buffalo, where they made a safe landing. No injuries were reported.

American Airlines routed another plane in to pick up the passengers. In the meantime, passengers were put up overnight in a hotel.

On an unrelated note, the CEO of American Airlines, CEO Gerard Arpey, stepped down. After a meeting in NY on Monday, the company is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Operations of the airline will continue as usual, and frequent fliers will not be affected. However, some jobs will be cut. American Eagle also filed for bankruptcy, delaying its spin off from American.

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