POSTED: 4:35 pm CDT September 12, 2011
UPDATED: 5:03 pm CDT September 12, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. -- A plane headed from Knoxville, Tenn. to Houston, Texas, made an emergency landing Monday in Jackson, airport officials said.
The Continental Express airplane reported a popping noise and then smoke in the cockpit. The plane, which was carrying 52 passengers, diverted to the Jackson Evers International Airport.
The airport rolled crash crews and equipment, but the plane landed without incident at 11:45 a.m., authorities said. None of the 52 passengers aboard were injured.
The plane was inspected, repaired and returned to flight status, Jackson airport officials said.
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