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American Airlines flight returned to Manchester after mid-flight emergency

•Tuesday, 2 May 2017•3 min read

An American Airlines flight was forced to return to Manchester an hour after take-off due to an inflight emergency.

The flight to New York left at 10.23 am on Friday but landed back at Manchester at 11.24.

The airline said flight AA211 suffered a ‘maintenance issue’, according to Mail Online.

One passenger posted a tweet stating they’d been informed there was an engine problem.