American Airlines plane makes emergency landing at SFO after cabin tears apart

A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight that left San Francisco yesterday turned back and made an emergency landing after some of the cabin’s wall panels cracked loose.

The airline says the captain of the Boeing 757 decided to turn around an hour into the flight because of a possible blown air duct.

A passenger said the fuselage shook violently, and people sitting toward the middle of the plane then screamed for the flight attendants as they watched the interior panels pull apart on both sides of the plane.

There was no loss of pressure in the cabin and no oxygen masks were deployed.

Maintenance crews are examining the plane to find what caused the air duct to blow. No injuries were reported.