Labrador AA Jet Makes Emergency Landing

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Friday, August 25, 2000

Jet makes precautionary landing in Labrador After reporting smoke in cockpit

GOOSE BAY, Nfld. -- An American Airlines jet was forced to land in Goose Bay on Friday after reporting smoke in the cockpit.

The jet, a Boeing 767-300, landed safely at around 5:30 AT. No one was hurt, said the manager of the Goose Bay Airport Corp.

"The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, said Larry Pittman. "He made a precautionary landing and everything is OK now."

The pilot reported the smoke about one hour before the plane landed, Pittman said.

"There was a strong odour of fumes, I heard it was very dense," said Pittman.

There was also smoke in the passenger cabin due to an "electrical problem of unknown origin," the airline said in a release.

There were 160 passengers and 12 crew on board flight 131.

The jet was en route from London to New York when it reported some sort of technical trouble.

Officials at the airport dispatched emergency vehicles and fire trucks to the tarmac, but Pittman said they weren't needed.

American Airlines said it was sending another plane to Goose Bay to pick up the passengers and take them to New York.

In the release, the airline said the original plane would be inspected and then returned to the U.S.

Goose Bay, on the Labrador mainland of Newfoundland, is a common emergency landing site for transatlantic flights.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), August 26, 2000


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