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Jun 2, 2008 7:41 am US/Central
Broken Window Forces Plane To Land At DFW
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
An American Airlines flight traveling from DFW Airport to Fort Myers, Florida was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday night after a window pane broke and was ingested into one of the plane's engines.
The plane took off at about 7:35 p.m. and immediately turned around, landing back at DFW Airport at about 8:15 p.m. According to airline officials, the plane was running with only one engine for about 20 minutes.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said that the cabin of the plane did not lose pressure because the windows are three panes thick.
A total of 127 passengers and five crew members were on board the flight.
Nobody was injured during the incident, however, a passenger on the flight claims the noise created by the pane hitting the engine was "one of the most horrific sounds" she had ever heard.
The passengers were put on another flight about one hour after landing.
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