Traffic & Transit
Iowa Flight Grounded Due To Smoke In Aircraft
A flight from Cedar Rapids to Phoenix had to turn around and land shortly after takeoff due to smoke in the aircraft, reports say.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — An Allegiant flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Cedar Rapids Airport, according to reports. The plan was on the way to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway.
The flight took off at 11:54 a.m. Wednesday, Nick Stewart of CBS2 reports. Seventeen minutes later, smoke in the aircraft forced the pilot to turn around and make an emergency landing. No injuries were reported.
A Twitter user identifying as Chris Pelton said Flight 101's cabin was filled with smoke due to an electrical fire. Pelton said everyone "is burning up inside with no air running for almost 45 [minutes] while they inspect the outside of the plane."
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Allegiant flight 101 got an electrical smoke filled cabin, landed and stuck on the runway while everyone is burning up inside with no air running for almost 45 min while they inspect the outside of the plane. Hello!!! The smoke is inside of the airplane.#AllegiantAirDoesntCare pic.twitter.com/z2wcCtsGvT
— Chris Pelton (@ChrisPelton8) July 4, 2018
JUST IN: An @Allegiant flight made an emergency landing at Cedar Rapids Airport 17 minutes after takeoff due to smoke inside the aircraft. The plane is a Boeing A320 aircraft, originally bound for Phoenix-Mesa Gateway.
DETAILS: https://t.co/2d8GLPrrxn pic.twitter.com/UiWG6vrWS6
— Nick Stewart (@NStewCBS2) July" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/NStewCBS2/... 4, 2018
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