Six people are injured when American Airlines flight from LA makes a hard landing in Hawaii after plane ‘experienced an issue’ a week after another AA plane skidded off the runway in New York
- Flight 271 left Los Angeles International Airport before landing at Kahului Airport
- One passenger and five flight attendants went to hospital with minor injuries
- The aircraft was taken out of service to undergo an inspection
Six people have been injured after an American Airlines flight had to make a ‘hard landing’ after ‘a problem occurred’.
Flight 271 took off from Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, January 27, before landing at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, just after 2pm local time.
One passenger and five flight attendants had to be taken to hospital with minor injuries after the ‘hard landing’. The aircraft has since been taken out of service to undergo an inspection.
FlightAware, an aircraft tracking website, has demonstrated this Flight 271 was scheduled to land at 12:47 p.m., but was delayed by almost 79 minutes before you leave LA.
Flight 271 took off from Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, January 27, before landing at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, just after 2pm local time. Stock image of the American Airlines plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the ‘hard landing’
American Airlines said the plane was carrying 167 passengers and seven crew members when it “experienced a problem while landing.”
The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the cause of the ‘hard landing’.
While Maui police said medics responded to a call at 2:21 p.m., according to Hawaii News Now.
The airline said: ‘The aircraft taxied to the gate under its own power and customers deplaned normally.
“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority.”
An American Airlines plane skidded off the runway onto the grass at Rochester Airport in New York during landing
This comes just a week after another American Airlines plane skidded off the runway, through snowy conditions and landed on the grass at New York’s Rochester Airport.
The AA5811 flight from Philadelphia had 53 people on board, but there were no reports of injuries.
One person wrote on X: ‘We just landed and are taxiing back. The pilot took the turn too quickly while taxiing and we skidded into the grass.
“The plane is fine and everyone is fine. They just don’t tell us when we get off.’
FAA and American Airlines officials confirmed that the Embraer E145 was being taxied to the terminal around 4 p.m. when it skidded due to “snow conditions at the airport” caused by light snowstorms in the area.