Six people aboard an American Airlines flight were hospitalized with minor injuries when the plane made a “hard landing” at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii.
One passenger and five flight attendants were among those injured during the trip, the airline confirmed to NBC News.
American Airlines Flight 271 took off from Los Angeles International Airport before landing in Maui shortly after 2pm local time.
The airline said the plane was carrying 167 customers and seven crew members when it “experienced a problem during landing.”
The Maui Police Department said paramedics responded to a dispatch call at 2:21 p.m., according to Hawaii News Now.
“The plane moved to the gate under its own power and the customer moved normally,” the airline confirmed.
The jet was then taken out of service for inspection.
“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority,” the airline said.
American Airlines Flight 271 took off from Los Angeles International Airport before landing in Maui shortly after 2pm local time. Shutterstock
The FAA also said it was investigating the cause of the “hard landing.”
Data from flight tracking website FlightAware shows that American Airlines flight 271 was originally scheduled to arrive at Maui Airport at 12:47 p.m. but was delayed for nearly 79 minutes because it stopped at LAX before takeoff.
The incident in Hawaii comes more than a week after an American Airlines plane skidded off the runway upon landing at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport in New York.
FAA and American Airlines officials said the Embraer E145, which was carrying 53 passengers, had just landed and was being loaded into the terminal around 4pm when it crashed.
An American spokesman said the frightening incident was caused by “snowy airport conditions” caused by light snowstorms across the area.
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