Aircraft bound for Dallas returns to McCarran

An American Airlines jet with 141 people aboard made an emergency return Wednesday to McCarran International Airport after a cockpit indicator signaled an engine malfunction, authorities said.

No injuries were reported when flight 2274 landed shortly after takeoff and taxied back to a gate at the airport, airline and airport officials said.

The alert was traced to a faulty indicator light, said Tim Smith, a spokesman with Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines parent AMR Corp.

The MD-80 aircraft, with 136 passengers and five crew members aboard, left a gate just before 6 a.m. and lifted off at 6:12 a.m. for the flight to Dallas, officials said.

It landed minutes later and returned to the gate before the alert was canceled at 6:39 a.m., airport spokeswoman Candice Seeley said.