QUEENS, NY — A distressed traveler is suing American Airlines claiming its pilots crashed into a sign along the runway at JFK Airport, damaged the plane’s wing, then took off anyway as terrified passengers screamed.

Howard Scott Laser claims he was on an American Airlines flight to Los Angeles the night of April 10, 2019 when his pilots veered off the runway during takeoff and hit a runway distance marker and light pole, damaging the plane’s left wing, according to his complaint.

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The plane took off and was in the air for roughly 40 minutes before returning to JFK, the complaint says, accusing the pilots of operating the plane “in a careless or reckless manner” that endangered their passengers’ lives.

“We are fully cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board in its investigation,” American Airlines spokesperson Josh Freed wrote in an email. “Because of that, I don’t have anything else to add right now.”

The collision caused a gash in the wing that could have caused the plane to crash, NBC News reported the week after the incident.

Laser says he now has a fear of flying that interferes with his career, according to the complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court.

“Many of the passengers could see the damage that was caused to the Aircraft’s left wing, and many were screaming loudly as the obviously damaged Aircraft gained altitude,” the complaint reads.

Laser, the complaint adds, “feared for his life during the entire flight, as did many of the other passengers.”