On November 26, 2025, an American Eagle flight was forced to perform an evacuation before its takeoff at Philadelphia International Airport. As reported by NBC Philadelphia, the aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ-900 regional jet operating for American Eagle and was taxiing for its departure to Savannah when a mechanical issue led the crew to perform an evacuation.

All passengers and crew disembarked the aircraft safely and were later reaccommodated onto a replacement aircraft. The aircraft involved was sent into maintenance. While the incident led to no injuries, it comes just a few weeks after the fatal crash of a UPS Airlines cargo plane, which is believed to have been caused by a mechanical failure. Naturally, some passengers are on edge, including some on board this flight.

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