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Delta Air Lines flight DL1092 between Atlanta Hartfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) and Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) landed without the front landing gear at 08:58 this morning. Onboard the plane, there were 101 people, including 96 customers, two pilots, and three flight attendants. No injuries were reported due to the incident.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say 31 pounds of cocaine that was accidentally discovered stashed in the nose of an American Airlines aircraft in Tulsa is worth around $434,000. Tulsa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Justin Green says the plane arrived in Miami from Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday. It was flagged for maintenance and sent later that day to Tulsa International Airport, where American Airlines has a maintenance base.

NEWARK, N.J. – Traffic in and out of Newark International Airport was halted Monday night after a plane made an emergency landing because of problems with its nose gear, WNBC-TV reported. The Shuttle America flight from Atlanta to Newark landed at about 6:40pm, after the pilots informed authorities of the technical problem. Authorities told the station that the nose gear had collapsed and that passengers on board the plane were forced to exit the aircraft via emergency chutes. The plane, carrying at least 68 passengers and four crew members, made a belly-landing onto a runway that had been coated in...