Plane with smoke in cockpit returns to LAX
Source: AP
A United Airlines flight has arrived safely back at Los Angeles International Airport after smoke was reported in the cockpit and cabin during a flight to Hawaii.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says United flight 1296 landed without incident at 11:38 a.m. Saturday, about three hours after it took off.
United spokesman Charles Hobart says nobody was hurt.
The Boeing 757 was headed for Kona International Airport with about 150 people on board when the smoke was reported by crew members.
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)It really makes one feel like they have left America.
One better: Molokai!
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Basically there are no need for doors. The perfect climate doesn't require it.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)toopers
(1,224 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)A piece of avionics burns up and makes smoke in the cockpit. Pilots routinely declare an emergency and don cockpit oxygen masks. This very thing happened to me last year when an avionics noise suppressor shorted and burned a few minutes after takeoff.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)Airline PR at it's best - they don't want any indications that the plane almost crashed into the ocean.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)doobie, doobie, do....
IDemo
(16,926 posts)A B25 or 26, not sure which (a WWll twin-engined bomber), lost power immediately following takeoff and crashed into an apartment building in El Segundo.
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