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The Harrowing Tale of American Airlines Flight 1400
On September 28, 2007, the serene skies of Saint Louis, Missouri, belied the chaos that would soon unfold aboard American Airlines Flight 1400. As 138 passengers and five crew members boarded an MD-82 aircraft bound for Chicago, they unknowingly boarded a flight teetering on the brink of disaster. What began as a routine flight morphed into a harrowing struggle for survival shortly after takeoff.