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Firefighters respond to AA plane malfunction at Miami International Airport

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ Miami-Dade firefighters responded to the Miami International Airport on Thursday evening to deal with the temporary malfunction of a Boeing 737-800.

Greg Chin, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said the plane was getting ready to take-off from MIA, but it didnā€™t get all the way off the ground.

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The American Airlinesā€™ flight 565 was at Gate D39. Once firefighters said it was safe, the plane, which seats about 160 passengers, departed out of MIA to Austinā€“Bergstrom International Airport in Texas.


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