Thursday, September 07, 2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Emergency landings reported in Jacksonville, Miami News-Journal Wire Services

JACKSONVILLE - A Continental Airlines passenger flight and a FineAir cargo flight made safe emergency landings in Jacksonville and Miami after smoke was reported in both aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration reported Wednesday.

Continental Airlines flight 178, with 165 passengers, made an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday after an acrid smell filled the aircraft, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the FAA in Atlanta.

Minutes after the Boeing 757 look off from Orlando, headed to Newark, N.J., the plane hit air turbulence and the smell was reported. The plane landed 20 minutes later in Jacksonville.

After the landing, workers traced the smell to a burned-out oven fan.

There were no injuries, but four of the plane's passengers were treated for breathing problems, said Robert Peck, a spokesman for the Jacksonville Port Authority.

Passengers spent the night in Jacksonville and resumed the flight Wednesday in the same aircraft.

In South Florida, the crew of three aboard a DC-8 cargo plane headed for Managua, Nicaragua returned to Miami International Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit. It landed safely at 8:49 p.m., Bergen said.

The cause was not immediately determined.

"We will be looking into it," Bergen said.

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-- Doris (reaper1@mindspring.com), September 07, 2000

Answers

If you can see any good in this era of runaway energy prices and looming shortages, it's the lessor frequency of emergency landings. Remember, six months ago? They were all over the place.

-- Uncle Fred (dogboy45@bigfoot.com), September 07, 2000.

I don't know. I don't keep track or anything, but it seems to me there are still quite a few of them.

-- Nancy7 (nancy7@Hotmail.com), September 07, 2000.

Has anybody heard any more about all those air refueling planes in our military fleet that were grounded about five or six months ago? I believe about 200 planes were put out of commission.

-- QMan (qman@c-zone.net), September 07, 2000.