American Airlines Jet Returns To Airport With Engine Trouble
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP/CBSDFW.COM) -- A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight returned to the Portland, Ore., airport 25 minutes after takeoff early Tuesday morning.
KGW-TV reports the flight experienced an engine compressor problem.
Port of Portland spokesman Steve Johnson says the flight departed at 6 a.m. and returned to the gate at 6:25 a.m., surrounded by airport crash trucks.
The plane, an MD 80, taxied back to the tarmac under its own power.
American is based in Fort Worth.
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