An American Airlines flight that had taken out from Los Angeles had made a “hard landing” at Kahului Airport on Maui on Saturday afternoon, injuring six people, according to authorities.
First responders were summoned to the location at approximately 2:21 p.m., according to the Maui Police Department, as reported by Hawaii News.
Five flight attendants and one customer were confirmed injured, according to American Airlines. In stable condition, they were taken to a hospital and later released.
On board the airplane were seven crew members and 167 passengers.
According to American Airlines, Flight 271 was able to taxi to the gate on its own. For inspection, the aircraft was pulled out of service.
This incident comes after other aircraft-related reports this month.
A substantial section of the aircraft’s side wall came out in midair shortly after takeoff due to depressurization, forcing an emergency landing at Portland International Airport for an Alaska Airlines flight headed for California earlier this month.
A day after the incident, US officials temporarily banned 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jetliners, the kind of aircraft involved, for safety inspections even though there were no casualties or injuries and the plane landed safely.
A few weeks following the groundings, an Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 freight plane, traveling from Miami to Puerto Rico, had a “engine malfunction” in midair, an airline official said.
Nevertheless, since the aircraft never rose above 3,800 feet, no injuries were reported.
In a different incident, a passenger noticed missing screws on the plane’s wing, leading Virgin Atlantic to cancel the trip just before it was scheduled to travel from the United Kingdom for New York City.
The Airbus A330 passengers captured video of an engineer utilizing a screwdriver to replace lost bolts.
Neil Firth, the principal wing engineer for Airbus local operations, verified that the compromised panel was a secondary element designed to enhance the aircraft’s aerodynamics. There are 119 fasteners in each panel; the structural integrity and load capacity of the wing were not affected by the missing fasteners.
