CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some tense moments played out at the Buffalo-Niagara Airport, where an American Airlines Flight, bound for San Francisco, was forced to make an emergency landing.
The pilot noticed fumes filling the cockpit soon after the flight took off Sunday night from JFK.
Emergency crews were on the tarmac, ready to go, as the plane made its safe, but unexpected landing.
For most of the passengers, they didn’t even realize anything was wrong until they landed.
Passenger Dale Harding said, “All the in-flight entertainment and electronics went out. You know, anything that was on the TV was out, WiFi connections were off, any of the plug in stuff didn’t work.”
How much of Dale’s plans were disrupted? “Well, just miss another day at work,” said Dale. “But you know it’s the California way, we’re just laid back about these things.”
Firefighters here in Buffalo didn’t find any obvious problems with the plane.
The airline is now sending some of its own mechanics to inspect the plane.
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