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2009-04-06, 11:49 AM
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) -- A Florida-bound Southwest Airlines jetliner has returned to New York's Long Island MacArthur Airport after experiencing engine trouble.
Flight 195 to Fort Myers, Fla., took off at 9:50 a.m. Monday with 127 passengers aboard.
Airline spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger (EYE'-kin-jer) says the Boeing 737 returned to the airport about a half-hour later after experiencing undisclosed engine trouble.
It landed safely at 10:24 a.m. There were no injuries.
The plane was being examined by airline mechanics. The passengers were expected to be placed on another jet.
Flight 195 to Fort Myers, Fla., took off at 9:50 a.m. Monday with 127 passengers aboard.
Airline spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger (EYE'-kin-jer) says the Boeing 737 returned to the airport about a half-hour later after experiencing undisclosed engine trouble.
It landed safely at 10:24 a.m. There were no injuries.
The plane was being examined by airline mechanics. The passengers were expected to be placed on another jet.