Smoke alarm prompts evacuation of Allegiant flight on taxiway: McCarran International Airport (KLAS) , Las Vegas, Nevada

LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) -- A smoke alarm sounded in an Allegiant flight on the taxiway, prompting the crew to evacuate the jet this afternoon at McCarran International Airport. 

There were 144 passengers and six crew members on the MD-80 jet that was bound for Peoria, Ill. 

"The crew decided to evacuate the jet using the slides and all 150 people were evacuated," Allegiant spokesman Brian Jones told News 3.   "They have been bussed back to the terminal and we are determining how to get them to their destination. There were no injuries." 

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