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American Airlines Emergency Landing in Providenciales


Pictured: An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Miami
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Contact photographer Orlando G. Rivera Rivera

What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Miami to St. Lucia
Where: Providenciales airport, Turks and Caicos
When: February 1, 2010
Who: 109 passengers
Why: The crew made an emergency diversion to Providenciales when en route to St. Lucia, they detected a suspicious odor. A 737 is scheduled to pick up the passengers and carry them the rest of the way.

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