Passengers connected an American Airlines formation from the United States to Italy were forced to instrumentality a autobus to their last destination aft their craft was forced to onshore 140 miles distant due to the fact that it was excessively large to onshore astatine the archetypal destination.
American Airlines Flight 780 near Philadelphia International Airport astatine 7:42 p.m. section clip connected Monday and was expected to onshore successful Naples, Italy, astatine 10 a.m. section time, according to FlightAware.
However, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner craft was disconnected the seashore of Italy, astir halfway betwixt Rome and Naples, erstwhile it abruptly turned astir implicit the Tyrrhenian Sea and turned backmost to the Italian capital.
American Airlines told CBS News that the craft was forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport "due to operational limitations."
Historical formation information shows that American Airlines usually flies a Boeing 787-8 to Naples, astir 20 feet shorter than the 787-9.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from American Airlines
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After the formation landed successful Rome, passengers were bused to Naples – a astir 3-hour journey.
"We apologize to them for this disruption to their journey," American Airlines told CBS News successful a statement.
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Lucia Suarez Sang is an subordinate managing exertion astatine CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the manager of integer contented astatine FOX61 News successful Connecticut and has antecedently written for outlets including FoxNews.com, Fox News Latino and the Rutland Herald.
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