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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 06:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

American Airlines Flight 268[edit]

American Airlines Flight 268 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

News story (WP:NOT#NEWS), and not a disaster with any impact. Mechanical trouble leading to a diversion is a fairly common occurrence. The most dramatic thing seems to be a slight runway overrun into the runway overrun zone, after which the passengers simply walked down the airstairs and were bussed to the terminal. This accident had no injuries, the damage to the plane consisted of one blown tire, and the event is unlikely to have any lasting impact. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - non-notable minor incident, fails WP:AIRCRASH. AKRadecki^Speaketh 14:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom --John (talk) 15:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - read the NTSB preliminary report (just now cited). This was not just a blown tire, the electrical problem was quite significant.LeadSongDog (talk) 17:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:11, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I looked at the report, and appreciate the link to it; I'm glad that the flight did not end in tragedy. Still, what I see is an airline flight from Seattle to New York that reached Michigan before the decision was made to turn around and land in Chicago. The problems were unusual, the landing unscheduled, yet American Airlines Flight 268 has been making it from Seattle to New York since then. Mandsford (talk) 01:25, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete According to [Pprune] the cause was pilot error. No injuries or deaths, nothing notable. Mjroots (talk) 07:00, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the link. See also [this] pprune post, indicating new checklists resulted from the incident. Still need a WP:RS for the same info
• Delete Problems with airplanes are fairly common and this one had no lasting impact on the passengers or flight regulations. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:02, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Original editors were not advised of AFD. Doing so now.LeadSongDog (talk) 14:32, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete. This is an interesting aircraft incident, and as an aviation safety enthusiast, I'll be reading the NTSB report, and possibly commenting about the incident in other forums. And there was certainly the potential for a serious problem or accident. But for Wikipedia purposes, I have to concede that it really was a pretty minor incident and not of encyclopedic importance or notability. --MCB (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete -- hardly even a newsworthy incident, certainly NN. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:21, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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