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Haiti - Travel : Port-au-Prince / Miami emergency landing
21/02/2011 08:22:18

A Boeing 767-300 of American Airlines, Port-au-Prince / Miami (flight AA-822), had to make an emergency landing Sunday, February 20 at Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic ), after finding a hydraulic failure affecting the brakes.

The pilot reported that the airplane will land at high speed because the hydraulic system that controls the brake was not working. Immediately, the Las Americas International Airport (AILA) has activated the emergency plan and the safety and operations authorities of the Aeropuertos Dominicanos (Aerodom), have decided to evacuate the families living near the airstrip to avoid tragedy.

Firefighters and medical personnel in service of the airport have been deployed on the airstrip and the pilot has finally managed to make an emergency landing. During twenty minutes the airport airstrip was closed and not allowed to arrival or departure of airplane.

Finally, the incident has caused great nervousness among some of the 188 passengers on the airplane. The 188 passengers mainly of Haitian and North American nationality, have left in another plane, a Boeing 767-300 and are arrived in Miami with a delay of 3 hours.

S/ HaitiLibre