American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to Unbolted, Moving Seats

American Airlines is under investigation after a flight had to make an emergency landing at JFK airport in New York because a row of passenger seats became loose and started to move around.

The Miami-bound flight from Boston had to make a quick stop in New York on Saturday because several seats unbolted and could have gone airborne.

"A row of seats basically became unbolted from the floor. The seats were completely not attached," said Sam Mayer, a New York-based AA pilot and spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, according to Fox.

"With turbulence, you have to be cautious. That's why everyone has to stow everything under the seat to prevent loose objects from flying around the cabin - and you've got a whole row of seats unbolted," Mayer continued. "It's a head-scratcher, the first time I've heard of it in 24 years with American."

The flight crew learned about the issue shortly after takeoff, but the plane was too far from Logan Airport to return, so it had to make an emergency landing at JFK. Since the plane's fuel was still nearly full, a crash-emergency response team gathered at the airport.

The Boeing 757 landed with no problems at 12:48 p.m.

Three passengers that were sitting in the loose seats were moved to other seats on the plane, American spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan told Fox. No one was hurt in the incident. The passengers were delayed three hours as they were relocated to a different plane to continue their flight to Florida.

The incident is under investigation. Previous inspections showed that other rows of seats weren't properly secured.

This is just one of many issues that American Airlines has faced in recent months

Issues with employees and maintenance crews have led to several delays recently. Nearly 40 percent of their flights were delayed and even cancelled due to maintenance issues and pilots calling out sick in high numbers.

"The recent disruptions are primarily due to the significant increase in maintenance write-ups by our pilots, many right at the time of departure," the airline said in a statement last month, according to ABC.

In September, an American Eagles flight, owned by American Airlines, was delayed for four hours because two flight attendants refused to work together.