Passengers on an American Eagle regional flight left their plane on a DFW International Airport taxiway Saturday, Nov. 14, after a problem surfaced before the jet could take off. No injuries were reported, according to CBS News Texas.
American Airlines told the station that Flight 5230, which PSA Airlines operates under the American Eagle name, had a mechanical issue while it was taxiing toward departure. CBS News Texas, in its headline, described the problem as smoke reported in the cockpit; the airline's statement as published by the station referred only to a mechanical issue.
DFW Airport said the aircraft called off the takeoff, then got everyone off the plane and onto buses to the terminal, the station reported.
The airline put the number on board at 64 passengers plus a crew of four. The flight had been scheduled to fly from DFW to Peoria, Illinois, and later left on a replacement aircraft, according to American. The airline said its maintenance team pulled the original plane from service to inspect it.
The airline has not publicly said what caused the problem, and no statement from the Federal Aviation Administration about this flight had been published as of Saturday night.
