YIKES!

A nightmare come to life:

About 130 people aboard an American Airlines flight got a sharp scare after one of the MD-80's two jet engines was disabled by shards from a broken window in the passengers' cabin.

American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said the outside pane of the triple-pane window shattered about 20 minutes after the 7:35 p.m. take-off Sunday from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Remember the hundreds of American Airlines flights cancelled a few months back due to shoddy maintenance? FYI, those were also MD-80s.

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