American Airlines flight to Cincinnati diverted to Tennessee due to cockpit warning light

An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Cincinnati made an unplanned landing in Tennessee Monday after a cockpit warning light alerted pilots to a possible problem.

Crystal Bird, a representative for American, told Paste BN that flight 5134, operated by regional subsidiary PSA, was diverted after the cockpit crew "received a maintenance default message. Out of caution, the crew diverted to the nearest airport, which was Tri-Cities."

Bird said that the warning light was related to one of the cargo bay doors.

Located in Blountville, Tennessee, Tri-Cities serves Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport. 

Bird said, "The aircraft landed at 11:25 p.m. EST and was back airborne several hours later.

Tracking site FlightAware shows the flight as leaving Tri-Cities (TRI) at 1:25 a.m. ET Tuesday and arriving in Cincinnati (CVG) at 3 a.m.

Bird said the flight was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members.