American Airlines flight diverts after jet deemed too large to land in Italy
American Airlines passengers bound for Naples, Italy, were forced to disembark in Rome and take a 140-mile bus ride after the airline dispatched an aircraft too large to land at their intended destination. The flight, originally scheduled to land at Naples International Airport in the Italian city of Naples on June 3, instead touched down at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, according to flight data from FlightAware cited by USA TODAY . The aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, departed from Philadelphia in the U.S. on the evening of June 2. While American Airlines typically operates this route using the smaller Boeing 787-8, suitable for Naples Airport, it opted to use the larger 787-9 for this flight. As the aircraft approached Italy, it made a sudden turn over the Tyrrhenian Sea and diverted to Rome, about halfway between the two cities. An American Airlines spokesperson later told CBS News the diversion was due to "operational limitations....