American Airlines flight forced back to Seattle
22 August 2006An American Airlines flight from Seattle to Chicago was forced to return after its compressor stalled and the crew shut down an engine.
American flight 526 was scheduled to leave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday at 11:26 p.m. The plane was in the air for about 26 minutes when it returned to Sea-Tac.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier put nearly all of the 136 passengers on a different airplane, which left Sea-Tac on Tuesday at 1:52 a.m. The flight landed in Chicago at 5:39 a.m., Seattle time.
source: seattlepi.com
