AAL MD-80 makes emergency landing at KORD

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Plane makes emergency landing in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) - An American Airlines jetliner made an emergency landing
Thursday at O'Hare International Airport after its left engine caught
fire, apparently when a goose was sucked into the engine shortly after
takeoff.

"The pilots saw birds. They tried to avoid them, but there's only so
much you can do," said American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan.

The plane, an MD-80 carrying 112 people, landed safely and there were no
injuries, Fagan said.

As the Philadelphia-bound plane rose into the air, several people on the
ground said they heard an explosion overhead and saw flames shooting
from the engine, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

In neighborhoods around O'Hare, authorities found pieces of metal debris
believed to have fallen from the airplane. No injuries or damage were
immediately reported on the ground.

Mohammed Ansari, manager of a UPS store near the airport, said a piece
of debris fell near his store.

"One of my customers said he was inside his house and it made a lot of
noise when it landed," he said.

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