Saturday, April 28, 2012

No injuries reported after plane makes emergency landing at Fort Wayne International Airport (KFWA), Indiana


An American Airlines regional jet carrying 30 passengers made an emergency landing at Fort Wayne International Airport this morning after the smell of smoke was reported in the aircraft.

The incident took place around around 11 a.m., according to Craig Williams, the Director of Operations and Facilities for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority, after the pilot of a plane heading to Chicago from Dayton, Ohio, reported what is called an Alert Two. Williams described that type of alert as something that relates to the aircraft itself, such as faulty landing gear or bad wiring or visible smoke.

Willams said the plane was able to land without incident at Gate 8 of the airport, 3801 W. Ferguson Road, with all passengers safe and able to leave the plane under their own power. Williams also said that the smoke in the plane had dissipated by the time the plane had actually landed.

The plane, which Wiliams said could hold around 50 passengers, will be kept at Fort Wayne International until representatives from American are able to inspect the plane and determine, if possible, what caused the smoke to form.

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