Cancun-to-JFK flight makes emergency landing in Jacksonville

American Airlines flight 1139 landed safely at JAX at 9:43 a.m. The flight included 154 passengers and six crew, according to American Airlines. The Boeing 737 was in the air for one hour and forty-five minutes before landing in Jacksonville.

The plane was towed to gate C5, where engineers were to inspect the plane.

American Airlines sent a replacement aircraft from Miami. The passengers were required to go through a Customs screening at JAX before they could board the new aircraft for the continuation of their flight to New York.

Source: news4jax.com