MOBILE, Alabama -- A Delta Air
Lines MD-90 jetliner from Atlanta with 156 people aboard landed safely
in Mobile this afternoon after reporting trouble during its approach,
authorities said.
Mobile Fire-Rescue Department crews were dispatched to Mobile
Regional Airport about 4:30 p.m. because the Delta crew reported
instrumentation problems as it came into the airport.
Radio traffic
during the alert indicated the plane approached the airport from the
southeast, landing to the northwest on the airport's main runway.
The plane touched down safely at 4:40 p.m., and the fire department alert was terminated, MFRD spokesman Steve Huffman said.
A spokesman in the airport tower described the problem with the
airliner as a precautionary measure involving automation
controls.
Weather was clear with maximum visibility, and MFRD crews on
the ground reported seeing the plane on approach long before it landed.
The MD-90 is a twin-engine standard-body airliner with its engines mounted to the rear.
FOX10 News has a crew on the way to the scene to find out more.
FOX10 News has a crew on the way to the scene to find out more.
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