“On Feb. 25, American Airlines flight 1216, with service from Charlotte (CLT) to Palm Beach (PBI), returned to CLT shortly after takeoff due to maintenance. The flight landed safely and taxied to the gate under its own power. The aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team and customers boarded a replacement aircraft to continue to PBI. We never want to disrupt our customers’ travel plans and apologize for the inconvenience this caused. ”
WCNC Charlotte reported that radio communications indicated emergency personnel at the airport had been alerted about a mechanical issue with the plane. It remains unclear what specific problem occurred; however, no injuries were reported. N912UY is scheduled for its next flight on February 27 from Charlotte to San Diego.
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The Second Incident in Three Days
This recent incident follows another just three days prior on February 22 when a Boeing 737 operating Flight AA859 bound for Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) in the Bahamas also returned shortly after takeoff.
The aircraft reached an altitude of approximately \u003cspan class=\"gc-bd gc-lh\" style=\"color:#1a73e8;font-weight:bold\"\u003e21,000 ft\u003c/span\u003e before entering a holding pattern and returning safely back tcharlotte douglas international airport(CLT). part of airline’s statement read:
“The flight landed safely and taxied tgatenunder its own power(the aircraft wttaken out servicebinspected by our maintenanceteam(customers boarded replacemenaircraft continue nas)”
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