Dallas American Airlines MD80 Smoke in Cockpit

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Smoke sends American jet back to D/FW

07/17/2000

Associated Press

An American Airlines jet returned to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Monday because of smoke in the cockpit.

The MD-80 circled the airport before landing about 7:30 a.m. and pulling onto a taxiway. The 128 passengers and crew of five exited through the over-wing exits, the front door and the aft stairway.

The passengers were bused to the terminal, and another aircraft was brought in to continue Flight 1258 from D/FW to Orlando, Fla.

There were no reports of injuries, although an elderly woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution, an airport spokesman said.

The original aircraft was taken out of service to determine the source of the smoke.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), July 17, 2000

Answers

(...and another with a stabilizer problem.)

yahoo

Monday July 17 3:13 PM ET

Two American Jets in Separate Emergency Landings

DALLAS (Reuters) - Two American Airlines MD-80 jets were forced to make separate emergency landings on Monday, one after a report of smoke in the cockpit and the other with possible stabilizer problems, officials said.

American's flight 1258 returned to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after take-off on Monday and all 128 passengers left by the emergency exits after the crew reported smoke, the airline said.

The jetliner bound for Orlando, Florida, pulled onto a taxiway at the airport before the passengers and five crew went out through the overwing exits and front and rear stairs.

``There were no reports of injuries although an elderly woman was taken to hospital as a precaution,'' an airline statement said.

American said passengers were bused to the terminal and would be flown to Orlando on another plane. The MD-80 was taken out of service to find the source of the smoke.

Separately, American's flight 1810 to Austin was forced to return to San Jose, Calif., for an emergency landing shortly after take-off when the pilot noticed what appeared to be a problem with the aircraft's stabilizer.

``The aircraft departed northbound, circled, and six minutes later it landed safely,'' San Jose International Airport spokesman Jim Peterson said.

No one was injured in the incident, and the aircraft's 125 passengers were accommodated on other flights. A mechanical crew was brought in to examine the airplane.

American, the no. 2 U.S. airline, is a unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), July 18, 2000.


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