and we begin with breaking news. an american airlines plane has been forced to land under strange circumstances. a whole row of seats shaken loose,passengers upended. and this is the second time seats have come loose and forced a landing in three days. so, what is going on? for the latest on what happened today, let s go right to abc s senior national correspondent, jim avila. 685, what can i do for you? roger. got an unusual one for you. reporter: no one can remember this happening before. not passengers, so rattled they didn t want to be identified. the seats flipped backwards and, so, people were essentially on the laps of the passengers behind them with their legs up in the air. reporter: not aviation experts. i ve never seen anything like that in all my years, 30 years of covering the airline industry. reporter: no one can remember airline seats disconnecting from the cabin floor. and now it s happened twice in three days aboard two american airlines 757s.
good evening from world news. and we begin with breaking news. an american airlines plane has been forced to land urn strannd strange circumstances. a whole row of seats shaken loose. passengers upended. and this is the second time seats have come loose and forced a landing in three days. so, what is going on? for the latest on what happened today, let s go right to abc s senior national correspondent, jim avila. 685, what can i do for you? roger. got an unusual one for you. reporter: no one can remember this happening before. not passengers, so rattled they didn t want to be identified. the seats flipped backwards and so people were essentially on the laps of the passengers behind them with their legs up in the air. reporter: not aviation experts. i ve never seen anything like that in all my years, 30 years of covering the airline industry. reporter: no one can remember airline seats disconnecting from the cabin floor. and now it s happened twice in three day
good evening from world news. and we begin with breaking news. an american airlines plane has been forced to land urn strannd strange circumstances. a whole row of seats shaken loose. passengers upended. and this is the second time seats have come loose and forced a landing in three days. so, what is going on? for the latest on what happened today, let s go right to abc s senior national correspondent, jim avila. 685, what can i do for you? roger. got an unusual one for you. reporter: no one can remember this happening before. not passengers, so rattled they didn t want to be identified. the seats flipped backwards and so people were essentially on the laps of the passengers behind them with their legs up in the air. reporter: not aviation experts. i ve never seen anything like that in all my years, 30 years of covering the airline industry. reporter: no one can remember airline seats disconnecting from the cabin floor. and now it s happened twice in three day