Flight Bound for DFW Makes Emergency Return

Electrical malfunction causes anxious moments but not injuries.

An American Airlines jetliner with 134 passengers aboard was forced to return to Reno-Tahoe International Airport shortly after takeoff because a light indicating an electrical malfunction went off.
 

American Airlines spokeswoman Dori Alvarez said the plane en route to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport took off at 7:37 a.m. on Saturday and landed about 25 minutes later. She said passengers were being re booked on other flights, and the cause of the problem was not immediately known.  No injuries were reported.

Alvarez said maintenance crews were examining the MD-80 aircraft, and it still might be able to take passengers to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport later Saturday.

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