American Airlines Flight from Dallas Makes Hard Landing in New York City.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  September, 2003  

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By Dave Levinthal, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 3--The nose of American Airlines Flight 1048 from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport scraped along a runway at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday after the plane's front landing gear would not deploy.

None of the 128 passengers or five crew members aboard were injured, and the plane did not catch fire, an airline official said.

"It was like being on a roller coaster ride and slamming on the brakes going 70 mph," said Jan Vernon, a Dallas ...

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