Alert: Air Canada Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Seattle (June 8, 2017)
June 8, 2017
An Air Canada flight from Calgary made an emergency landing in Seattle today. No injuries have been reported.
Reuters reports:
The crew aboard the Bombardier Inc Dash 8 plane reported seeing light smoke inside the cabin on the plane’s scheduled flight to Seattle from Calgary, and declared an emergency before landing at the airport without injuries, according to airport spokesman Perry Cooper.
Calgary resident Heather Hudson, 53, said she was a passenger on the flight and described a mild-smelling smoke appearing at the front end of the cabin and slowly filling the rest of the plane shortly before landing.
Flight attendants worked quickly to check the overhead bins for the source of the smoke, but did not appear to find it, Hudson told Reuters via Twitter direct message.
According to KIRO-TV:
Flight 8301 from Calgary landed safely at Sea-Tac at 8:28 a.m. Thursday.
Port of Seattle fire met the plane on the runway and the passengers were evacuated onto shuttles. No one was hurt.
The cause of the smoke is under investigation.
Air Canada released the following statement regarding the incident: Jazz Aviation operated this flight on behalf of Air Canada, under the Air Canada Express brand.
Upon descent into Seattle (from Calgary), the crew of flight Air Canada Express 8301 detected a slight haze in the cabin. The crew requested emergency landing priority as is our standard operating procedure. The aircraft landed safely and the crew performed an emergency evacuation, again as a precautionary measure. Passengers were deplaned safely and were bussed to the terminal. There were no injuries to passengers or crew members. The emergency vehicles met and inspected the aircraft upon arrival and found no fire. Our maintenance personnel will perform a thorough inspection of the aircraft to determine the cause.
We apologize to our passengers for the inconvenience caused. The aircraft was a Bombardier Q400 aircraft with 74 passengers and 4 crew members onboard.
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