TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Federal Aviation Administration said a regional jet has made a safe emergency landing at MBS International Airport.

FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said an emergency was declared aboard Northwest Flight 2902 flying from Detroit Metropolitan Airport to MBS shortly after 11 a.m. Monday.

She said the plane landed without incident about 20 minutes later.

Thirty-two passengers and three crew members were on board.

While en route, the pilot reported mechanical problems with the plane's flaps.

The flaps allow the plane to land at a slower airspeed.

Because the plane’s flaps were having trouble, the plane landed faster than it usually would have.

“I was very scared,” said a passenger from France visiting friends in Mid-Michigan. “We didn’t understand; that’s why we were very scared.”

Passengers said they were asked to brace for an emergency landing five minutes before the plane landed.

The incident is under investigation.

Joe Williams, a spokesman for Memphis, Tenn.-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp., which operated the flight, said the emergency was declared simply as a precaution.