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Philadelphia-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Charlotte Just Moments After Taking Off

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- An American Airlines flight coming to Philadelphia made an emergency landing just moments after taking off from Charlotte. The below map from FlightAware shows the plane's short flight.

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It had just taken off from Charlotte around 3:30 p.m. Monday when the pilot noticed a possible mechanical problem and turned the plane around.

It landed safely back in Charlotte about 10 minutes later.

There were 190 people on board, who are being put on a new plane to come to Philadelphia.

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