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AA flight makes emergency landing in Iceland
AP/YahooNews ^ | 4/13/10

Posted on 04/13/2010 7:49:51 AM PDT by Kartographer

An American Airlines flight with 145 people on board made an emergency landing Tuesday in Iceland after five crew members became ill following reports of chemical fumes in the cabin.

American Airlines Flight 49 traveling from Paris to Dallas-Ft. Worth landed safely just after 1345 GMT (9:45 a.m. EDT). The source of the fumes was being investigated, Keflavik Airport spokesman Fridthor Eydal said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aa; aa49; aiport; airplane; airports; americanairlines; chemicalfumes; chemicals; flight49; flightaa49; france; fumes; iceland; paris; plane; texas; tx

1 posted on 04/13/2010 7:49:51 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

777?


2 posted on 04/13/2010 7:51:57 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: Kartographer

Shouldn’t have opened those fish dinner packages...


3 posted on 04/13/2010 7:52:18 AM PDT by farlander (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Kartographer

I guess I should read the article first... 767.


4 posted on 04/13/2010 7:52:34 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: farlander
Farlander never has a 2nd cup of coffee at home....
5 posted on 04/13/2010 7:55:11 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: Kartographer

“chemical fumes in the cabin.”

Barney Frank was on board.


6 posted on 04/13/2010 8:03:25 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: Kartographer
Enjoy your stay!


7 posted on 04/13/2010 8:03:49 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Drill baby, drill!)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

“She’s got lay-eggs

And she knows how to use them”

Oops...sorry for adding for the distraction to this thread

Hope the crew and passengers are fine


8 posted on 04/13/2010 8:10:14 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Nice distraction.


9 posted on 04/13/2010 8:11:23 AM PDT by unkus
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To: Kartographer

But don’t worry.... It’s NOT terrorism!!!!!


10 posted on 04/13/2010 8:18:43 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: DCBryan1

Hmmmm...? Unfortunately this one was lost on me. :) (It happens... sadly, quite often, really)


11 posted on 04/13/2010 8:30:34 AM PDT by farlander (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Kartographer

There are no details yet. The plane departed Paris, destination unknown last article posted online.


12 posted on 04/13/2010 8:32:57 AM PDT by Carley (Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
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To: farlander
Quote from the movie Airplane!. Woman worried about flying always thinks to herself strange things.
13 posted on 04/13/2010 8:35:15 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: DCBryan1

That’s right! Of course I was using the same reference... tho there’s soo many good ones in that movies. :) Hard to remember them all.


14 posted on 04/13/2010 8:44:37 AM PDT by farlander (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: farlander
Shouldn’t have opened those fish dinner packages...

They'll never learn!

15 posted on 04/13/2010 8:49:45 AM PDT by TankerKC (I think P. T. Barnum had his time off by about 59 seconds.)
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To: Kartographer
You've gotta expect that kind of thing on an airline that has pay toilets.
16 posted on 04/13/2010 9:41:07 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: farlander

“Yes, that’s right. Thank goodness I had the lasagna......and don’t call me Surely”

Airplane! What a great movie.....


17 posted on 04/13/2010 9:47:03 AM PDT by shredderman (Living in a Blue State, with a Blue Wife, But I'm Red to the bone.....)
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To: All

ADDING links:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN13511620100413?type=marketsNews

“American Air jet diverted to Iceland after fumes”
Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:06am EDT

SNIPPET: “* Chemical fumes in cabin
* Normal landing at Reykjavik Keflavik International”

CHICAGO, April 13 (Reuters) -

SNIPPET: “The Boeing Co (BA.N) 767-300 was carrying 133 passengers and 12 crew members. Mechanics were checking the plane, and passengers will be put on another flight to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, AMR said. (Reporting by Kyle Peterson, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)”

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http://avherald.com/h?article=42a11865&opt=0

“Incident: American B763 near Keflavik on Apr 13th 2010, chemical fumes on board”

By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Apr 13th 2010 14:31Z, last updated Tuesday, Apr 13th 2010 14:50Z


18 posted on 04/13/2010 4:48:01 PM PDT by Cindy
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