Passenger Jet Declares Scary Emergency in Severe Thunderstorms

Brendan McDermid A spate of powerful thunderstorms forced a commercial airplane to keep circling two airports until it began running dangerously low on fuel. The American Airlines aircraft was slated to head to Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, from Dallas-Fort Worth International in Texas. The grim weather set in just as it was headed toward its destination, and it redirected to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, also in Kentucky, instead. The storms followed the plane,…