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Absent Engine Falls Off Airliner Over Arizona
A Boeing 7207 flight carrying 90 aboard American Airlines Flight 199 landed safely in San Diego after a 3,000-pound tail engine detached near Gila Bend Arizona. Passengers described a violent shake and a final descent from 35,000 to 26,000 feet as FAA and Boeing investigators reviewed voice tapes and engine mount design.
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San Diego
American Airlines
Arizona
Flight 199
Lindbergh Field
Joe Stroop
FAA
Albuquerque
N.M
Dallas
Audrey Ward