FLIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING AT RICK HUSBAND INT’L

AN EMERGENCY LANDING HAS TO BE MADE AT THE RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FRIDAY MORNING..

THE CREW OF UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 2633 REPORTED THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE PLANE LANDED AT 11;33 A.M.

THE PLANE WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED BY THE CREW AND THEN IT WAS CLEARED TO GO TO THE GATE.

AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT’S JEFF JUSTUS SAYS THE CREW DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS A WARM SPOT IN THE COCKPIT AND IN FACT THERE WAS SMOKE BUT EVERYONE WAS OKAY.

THE FLIGHT HAD 115 PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND THEY WERE ALL CHECKED OUT AT THE GATE. ABOUT THE WORST INJURY, ACCORDING TO JUSTUS WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD HEADACHES FROM THE SMOKE.

THE PLANE TOOK OFF FROM THE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT AT 9:56 THIS MORNING AND WAS SUPPOSED TO LAND IN PORTLAND AT 12;20 P.M.