Friday, March 22, 2013

Plane makes emergency landing after smoke reported on board: Ottawa International Airport - Canada

An airplane with 179 passengers and 7 crew on board has safely made an emergency landing at the Ottawa International Airport after the crew reported smoke on board.

Ottawa fire dispatch received a call from Ottawa airport security about the emergency.

Air Traffic Control recordings reveal Sunwing Flight 326 made the "Mayday" emergency call to the Ottawa Tower around 6:30.  The flight landed safely on Ottawa's runway 32 shortly afterwards.

Flight 326 was en route to Varadero, Cuba.  It departed Ottawa at 6 Friday morning.

At 6:55, airport fire crews reported that the smoke had cleared from the cockpit and emergency crews were checking the aircraft's brakes.

There were no injuries.

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