Two emergency landings
NZPA-AP Chicago A plane with 139 people aboard was forced to make two emergency landings at O’Hare International Airport, near Chicago, because its landing gear would not retract.
Jet America Flight 121, which had left O’Hare on Friday evening for Long Beach, California, landed safely both times, the second landing being more than four hours after the first take-off.
The plane’s nosegear would not retract after a take-off, forcing its first return to O’Hare. . In spite of work by maintenance crews, the problem recurred after the • second take-off, forcing another emergency landing, said Ms Martha VerCammen, a Federal Aviation Administra-
tion spokesman. The plane, carrying 135 passengers and four crew members, made its first emergency landing at 9.10 p.m., after circling for
nearly an hour while the pilot tried to retract the landing gear, said an airport police patrolman, Mr James Grimm. Flight 121 took off again at 10.35 p.m., but the problem developed once more. The plane, after circling again, landed the seconc time at 12.30 a.m. on Satur-
day, Mr Grimm said. The passengers were put aboard a different plane, which took off about 1.25 a.m. on Saturday, he said.
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