A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N616NN performing flight AA-5318 from Washington National,DC to Kansas City,MO (USA) with 76 people on board, was on final approach to Kansas City's runway 19L already cleared to land when the crew radioed they had a lot going on there shortly followed by the crew declaring emergency, they were continuing to land. The aircraft touched down on the runway about 1-2 minutes later, rolled out and vacated the runway stopping clear of the runway. The aircraft was evacuated via slides. There were no injuries.
A replacement CRJ-900 registration N553NN performed the return flight with a delay of about 5:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kansas City about 20 hours after landing.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5318/history/20260515/1709Z/KDCA/KMCI
Evacuation in progress:
A replacement CRJ-900 registration N553NN performed the return flight with a delay of about 5:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kansas City about 20 hours after landing.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5318/history/20260515/1709Z/KDCA/KMCI
Evacuation in progress:
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