[Right_Handed_Writer]

Boeing 757.

Looks like they declared the emergency out over Lake Michigan and got a direct route to O’Hare. I live near O’Hare and heard my local firehouse go screaming out, so I fired up my scanner and quickly found out where they were heading. They brought the flight directly in on runway 22R. The pilot sounded a bit tense in his conversation with the tower. They had at least a dozen pieces of fire equipment on scene or en route when the plane landed, which is the usual response.

Everyone came off the plane via the stair truck, was bused to the terminal and are waiting for the flight to continue.

American still shows the flight as “In Transit”.

Here is the flight path:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL268

[NOBAMA in 08]

Thanks so much for all the info on this flight that ended well.
GOD Blessed All Today and the Wonderful Pilots! AMEN!

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Update from last night’s local news here. They were the only ones reporting instrument failure:

http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=679521