Two Planes Make Emergency Landings At Philadelphia International Airport [Breaking]
From the archive: published Apr 29, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Air traffic at Philadelphia International Airport was grounded this morning, as two planes were forced to make emergency landings.
Planes landing again now @PHL after all stopped previously after emergency landing&evacuation of plane @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/FspkvnRrmH
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) April 29, 2016
The first sign of trouble came from the Airport’s twitter page.
FAA has issued ground stop due to aircraft emergency at PHL.
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) April 29, 2016
Travelers were, understandably, concerned.
@PHLAirport what emergency
— opt2gether (@games_ab) April 29, 2016
@PHLAirport how long is delay expected? We are sitting on plane waiting to take off.
— LORI NUDY (@LORINUDY) April 29, 2016
As SKYFOX reports, however, this was no ordinary delay. Air traffic had been grounded to allow not one, but two planes to make emergency landings. The first plane reported steering problems. The second, alarmingly, had experienced smoke in the cockpit. According to ABC News , the second plane contained 54 passengers and landed safely. The travelers were evacuated, and one was transported for medical evaluation. Yet another passenger tweeted a photo of himself wearing a mask outside of the American Eagle jet.
holy sh*t I just had to pop the emergency exit and evacuate @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/JHpn81nKLY
— rhêtorík (@djrhetorik) April 29, 2016
Fire trucks&police cars surround plane@PHL Prelim report plane had some type of mechanical prob&smoke @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/e0KAsjalH7
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) April 29, 2016
As of this publication, one runway has been reopened, and flights have resumed. News crews are en route. We will update this article as more information becomes available.