American Jet Diverted With Stuck Landing Gear
An American Airlines MD-80 jet made an emergency landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Saturday after the pilot reported the landing gear would not retract.
American Airlines Flight 330 left Vancouver, British Columbia, about 1:30 p.m. en route to Dallas. After the problem occurred, the pilot tried unsuccessfully for an hour to retract the landing gear. Then the plane was diverted to Sea-Tac Airport.
The plane landed safely. None of the 118 passengers on board was injured.
Passengers later boarded another plane--also an MD-80--headed to Dallas.
The occurrence was the latest in a series of problems reported with MD-80 series jets since Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles on Jan. 31, killing all 88 on board.
In the last week, 13 jets reported problems, forcing three unscheduled landings.
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