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Matt Molnar
2008-06-04, 09:57 AM
Jet's broken window leads to emergency landing (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ic-MGLIkmZt8iJbKCT9RgqEm-MHQD9123MA00)

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An American Airlines jetliner made an emergency landing after a pane from a cabin window shattered during a flight and the shards of glass disabled an engine.

There was no pressure loss in the cabin and none of the 132 people aboard the Fort Myers, Fla.-bound flight was harmed Sunday, American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said.

The outside pane of the triple-pane window broke about 20 minutes after the 7:35 p.m. takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. [Full Article (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ic-MGLIkmZt8iJbKCT9RgqEm-MHQD9123MA00)]