Six people were injured Saturday afternoon when an American Airlines flight departing from Los Angeles made a “hard landing” at Kahului Airport on Maui, authorities said.
The Maui Police Department said first responders were called to the scene around 2:21 p.m. Hawaii News reported.
American Airlines confirmed that one passenger and five flight attendants were injured. They were taken to a hospital in stable condition and later released.
There were 167 passengers and seven crew members on board the plane.
American Airlines said its flight 271 was able to taxi to the gate thanks to its power. The plane was taken out of service for inspection.
The event follows a series of aircraft-related incidents reported this month.
Earlier this month, an Alaska Airlines flight bound for California made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a large portion of the plane's side wall exploded in the air shortly after departure due to the depressurization.
Although there were no casualties or injuries and the plane landed safely, US regulators temporarily grounded the flight of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, the type of plane involved in the incident, for safety checks a day after the incident.
A few weeks after the flight suspension, an Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane experienced an “engine malfunction” in the air en route to Puerto Rico from Miami, according to an airline official.
However, no injuries were reported as the plane never exceeded 3,800 feet.
In another incident, a Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just before departure from the United Kingdom to New York City after a passenger discovered missing screws on the plane's wing.
Passengers recorded footage of an engineer using a screwdriver to fix missing fasteners on the Airbus A330 plane.
Local Airbus chief wing engineer Neil Firth confirmed the affected panel was a secondary structure to improve the plane's aerodynamics. Each panel contains 119 fasteners and those that were missing did not affect the structural integrity or load capacity of the wing.
