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A London to Dallas Flight makes Tulsa's International Airport Intercontinental

American Airlines

Intercontinental passengers got an unexpected lay- 0ver in Tulsa during their non-stop flight from Great Britain. to Texas.

An American Airlines jet, nearing the end of its 12-hour flight, makes an emergency landing in Tulsa. The London to Dallas flight diverted to Tulsa because of  a port side engine problem. The Boeing 777 landed in Tulsa without incident.

Since it was an overseas flight, customs officials would not allow people off the plane in Tulsa. The flight weary passengers had to wait,  on the tarmac in Tulsa, for a jet to be sent from Dallas to pick them up for the last 30-minutes of their flight.