PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —An Allegiant Air flight from Sanford to Bangor, Maine, had to make an emergency landing at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease Saturday morning.
The pilot was alerted to low fuel pressure in one engine on flight 736, according to an airline spokesperson. The crew decided to get on the ground as quickly as possible and made the safe landing in Portsmouth at 10:20 a.m.
There were 144 passengers on board and no injuries were reported.
A new plane was requested for the final leg of the flight and it was set to depart at 5:25 p.m.
One passenger said he was frustrated that it took hours to resume the trip.
"Initially, no one could leave because we're on an Air Force base. And the place was shut down. So we were sort of locked into this small area where you couldn't go outside, or you couldn't call a cab or get away from the situation," Michael Nicholas said.
Passengers were fed lunch and given a $100 voucher toward a future flight.
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PORTSMOUTH — An Allegiant aircraft with 150 passengers aboard made an emergency landing at the Portsmouth International Airport around 11 a.m. Saturday.
Airport Manager Bill Hopper said the plane was en route from Sanford, Fla., to Bangor, Maine, when it experienced engine trouble. The plane landed safely at Pease International Tradeport and passengers disembarked to wait for another plane from Sanford to bring them to Bangor.
No injuries were reported.
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