BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — An American Airlines flight with 130 passengers diverted to an emergency landing at Meadows Field. The flight was from Dallas to San Luis Obispo and landed in Bakersfield due to a landing flap issue. The flight safely landed around 12PM followed by two fire trucks until it docked.
“The flight attendant came up and said hey we have a little trouble with the flaps and I said really, he said yeah they didn’t want to take the chance trying to land in San Luis Obispo,” said Mike Martinez, a passenger on that flight. “They were rerouting us to Bakersfield where the land strip was a little bit longer, little bit flatter just to be safe.”
“It was a really hard break landing but other than that it was fine, saw some firetrucks behind us and stuff but thank god we are all okay…I was a little afraid yeah for sure,” said Debbie Treece, another passenger on the flight.
The call for the fire department was for a potential brake fire, “Big concern that if they make a no flap landing that there is potential for a brake fire, hot brakes.”