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American Airlines Flight Diverts to Yakima


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What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Seattle to Chicago
Where: Yakima
When: Oct 04 2010
Who: 149 passengers and 6 crew, 1 ill passenger
Why: When a passenger on the flight became ill, the flight diverted to Yakima, where the passenger was taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital after a safe landing. The landing was uneventful except for brakes overheating.

After a 7.5 hour delay, passengers were back en route.

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