Authorities say an American Airlines flight from Arizona to Hawaii had to return to Phoenix because of a problem with an exhaust gas temperature gauge.
They say Flight 692 circled in the area of the Arizona/California state line a few times to burn off fuel so an emergency landing could be avoided Thursday afternoon.
The Boeing 757 had 185 passengers and six crew members aboard landed safely.
American spokesman Ross Feinstein says passengers were being transferred to another plane that was scheduled to leave Phoenix on Thursday night and arrive in Honolulu around 1 a.m. Friday.
