AA plane traveling from Charlotte to Virginia turns back due to possible mechanical issue

Ciara Lankford
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CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An American Airlines plane traveling from Charlotte to Virginia had to turn back to the Queen City Wednesday due to a possible mechanical issue.

According to American Airlines, AA Flight 5803 took off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) just before 2 p.m. on its way to Charlottesville-Albemarle (CHO).

FlightAware reports once in Virginia, the E145 plane turned back around to land back at CLT airport. The total time of the flight was roughly two hours.

<em>Photo: FlightAware</em>
Photo: FlightAware

American Airlines stated the flight returned to Charlotte due to a ‘possible mechanical issue’ and would not elaborate further. The plane landed safely Wednesday without incident, they said.

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The plane in question will be taken out of service and inspected.

Passengers on Flight 5803 will be transferred to another plane to take them to CHO, AA said.

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