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Plane diverted to Canada over smoke (Egypt Air, 300 passengers on board ... safe landing)
AP & syracuse.com ^
| 8-28-06
Posted on 08/28/2006 7:50:57 PM PDT by jdm
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, Newfoundland (AP) — An Egypt Air passenger flight carrying more than 300 passengers was diverted to Newfoundland on Monday after smoke was detected in the cockpit, an airport official said.
The Boeing 777 that departed from Cairo for New York City made a safe emergency landing in Goose Bay, said Kevin Aylward, CEO of Goose Bay Airport Corp.
The passengers stayed on the plane while maintenance workers repaired the problem.
"It's something they were able to fix very quickly," said Aylward. He said he didn't know what the exact cause of the smoke.
No fire was found and no one aboard was injured, he added.
Diverted trans-Atlantic flights often land in Goose Bay because of its location near the eastern tip of Canada and because it's also a military airport.
TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cairo; diverted; egypt; egyptair; flight; newfoundland; newyorkcity; plane; smoke
Lots of smoke in cockpits lately.
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posted on
08/28/2006 7:50:58 PM PDT
by
jdm
To: jdm
Amazed anyone still sets foot on an Egypt Air airplane.
To: jdm
Sunday morning OHare, smoke so thick in the cockpit the pilots couldn't see a thing. Back down on ground 2.5 hrs. Never heard what the source of the smoke was on that flight.
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posted on
08/28/2006 8:03:50 PM PDT
by
Esther Ruth
(Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)
To: Steely Tom
Yea, especially after the relief pilot on that EgyptAir 767 plunged it into the ocean.
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posted on
08/28/2006 8:07:29 PM PDT
by
jon747
To: jdm
Lots of smoke in cockpits lately.
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It's a personnel issue.
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posted on
08/28/2006 8:07:37 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Don't mess with Israel.)
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posted on
08/28/2006 8:11:39 PM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: Esther Ruth
Never heard what the source of the smoke was on that flight.Maybe it was an exploding laptop. I've been wondering when they are going to ban laptops until THAT problem is sorted out. Has everyone here seen the video of the one that exploded at that conference in Japan (I think)? Can you imagine being on a plane when one of those fried like that?
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posted on
08/28/2006 8:54:12 PM PDT
by
Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
( "Sooner or later in life, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences." Robert Louis Stevenson)
To: jdm
Ever since I found goose bay on a map planning a dream vacation as far away as I could drive from where I live 4,000 miles to Goose Bay.
Next stop Unalaska, Alaska Key West Florida the back home via San Diego 18,026.5 miles plus side trips. Gas would run about $40,000. I haven't taken this trip yet.
To: ThomasThomas
Gas would run about $40,000. I haven't taken this trip yet. What are you driving, an M1A1?
Might come in handy at the border, I guess.
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posted on
08/28/2006 9:46:51 PM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
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