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Passenger Recalls Smoke-Filled Cabin, Emergency Landing Of Flight Out Of Logan Airport

BOSTON (CBS) -- Not long after an American Airlines flight headed for Miami out of Logan Airport took off Sunday afternoon, there were flames coming out of the engine.

Diego Romero, a dentist from Miami, told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 the plane filled with smoke. Romero was with his pregnant wife and 1 1/2 year old daughter.

"There was still a lot of smoke in the cabin, everybody did not want to think the worst," said Romero. "All I could think about was my children."

A flight attendant was in tears and passengers thought they were doomed. The pilot got on the speaker and said an engine had a clogged filter and they were going to emergency land in New York.

The pilot made a safe landing and fortunately no one was hurt.

"I wanted to kiss the pilot," said Romero.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports

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