American Eagle Plane Makes Emergency Landing

By Greg Janda and Scott Friedman
|  Saturday, Jul 11, 2009  |  Updated 12:17 PM CST
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American Eagle Plane Makes Emergency Landing

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An American Eagle flight out of DFW airport made an emergency landing Saturday morning.

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An American Eagle flight out of DFW airport made an emergency landing Saturday morning.

Flight 3808 was scheduled to fly to Dayton, OH until pilots got indication of hydraulic failure just after take-off. The pilots turned the aircraft around to peform an emergency landing at DFW airport, but the landing gear would not extend.

After performing a manual override, the crew was able to extend the landing gear and the plane landed safely.

The 43 passengers and three crew members were put on another flight that was scheduled to depart at noon Saturday.

Posted Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 - 8:26 PM CST
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