Plane lands at O'Hare Airport, suffers two flat tires while taxiing

Plane lands at O'Hare Airport with two flat tires: 'Felt it sway'

Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight at Chicago O’Hare International Airport faced a lengthy delay after the plane landed with two flat tires late Tuesday night.

CHICAGO - Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight at Chicago O’Hare International Airport faced a lengthy delay after the plane landed and suffered damage to its tires late Tuesday night.

What we know:

American Airlines Flight 791 from Miami landed around 9:24 p.m. at O'Hare. Video from the scene showed emergency vehicles surrounding the aircraft on the runway shortly after landing.

No injuries were reported, but passengers remained on board for an extended period while crews responded to the situation.

What they're saying:

"When we were landing, I thought it was a smooth landing, but my sister was farther back in the plane and she felt it sway a little bit, she thought," said Linda, a passenger on the flight.

Passengers were later told another aircraft had spotted the flat tires and alerted airport personnel, according to the traveler.

After waiting on the plane for about an hour, passengers were eventually escorted off using a portable staircase on the taxiway before being transported by bus to the terminal.

American Airlines released a statement, saying the tires were damaged while taxiing:

"After landing normally ​in ​Chicago (ORD), American Airlines ​flight 791 experienced a tire ​issue while taxing to the gate," the statement read "All customers deplaned ​safely ​and ​the ​aircraft was ​taken ​out ​of service ​to ​be inspected ​by our maintenance team. We appreciate ​the ​professionalism of our team and ​we apologize ​to ​our ​customers for their ​experience."

What we don't know:

The cause of the flat tires has not yet been released.