Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to an emergency aircraft landing at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport Thursday about 6:10 pm. LFR was told an aircraft suffered engine failure.
It landed safety at 6:28 pm.
According to information from FlightAware, the plane was coming from Dallas to Sacramento and left DFW at 5:08 pm. The flight number was 2478 and it was an American Airlines MD80 with 142 souls on board.