A Braking System ‘Anomaly’ Caused an American Airlines Jet to Exceed a Dallas Runway, NTSB Says

A Braking System ‘Anomaly’ Caused an American Airlines Jet to Exceed a Dallas Runway, NTSB Says
The American Airlines logo atop the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2017. Michael Ainsworth/AP Photo
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An American Airlines jetliner that suffered an “anomaly” in the braking system before running past the end of a runway in Texas last month had undergone a brake-replacement job four days earlier, U.S. investigators said Thursday.

An inspection showed that flexible hydraulic lines to parts of the braking system on the Boeing 737 had been improperly reconnected, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on the Feb. 10 incident at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.