Charlston, SC Plane Makes Emergency Landing

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- An American Airlines Airbus with 263 passengers aboard made an emergency landing Thursday at the Charleston Airport after reporting hydraulic problems.

Three people were taken to area hospitals for treatment of stress-related injuries, said Fred Chapin, operations director for the airport.

Flight 1416 was en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport when pilots reported the problem. The landing gear worked properly during the 5:15 p.m. emergency landing, Chapin said.

Chapin said the only problem at the airport was ''a lot of frustrated passengers.'' American Airlines doesn't fly to Charleston, so the company had to fly in another plane to take passengers to New York City.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), May 11, 2000


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