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A JetBlue flight touring from New York to San Diego made an emergency touchdown on Saturday night (native time) after the pilots have been alerted a couple of smoke or hearth within the cargo, Kake.com reported.
The plane quickly descended from 36,000 toes to simply 4,250 toes in beneath ten minutes whereas making a protected emergency touchdown at Salina Regional Airport.
Calling it an “absolute plummet”, a passenger wrote on Reddit, “Pilot got here to speak to us possibly 90 minutes after we landed and mentioned they don’t know if there was any hearth or smoke, however for the reason that suppression system was deployed, that aircraft has to go to Boston to get checked out and might’t carry passengers. They left with the crew.”
“They acquired us safely to the bottom within the literal center of nowhere KS. Tiny airport. Emergency exit on the tarmac. The airport is so small, they really acquired the native faculty bus drivers to come back and convey us from the tarmac to the terminal,” they added.
“Pilot mentioned a sensor was displaying smoke Within the cargo bay. Passenger mentioned they thought they heard a loud bang. That was a quick drop… No hearth discovered as soon as on the bottom. Now simply the logistics of a stranded flight and want for a brand new aircraft,” one other passenger mentioned.
No casualties have been reported up to now.
The plane quickly descended from 36,000 toes to simply 4,250 toes in beneath ten minutes whereas making a protected emergency touchdown at Salina Regional Airport.
Calling it an “absolute plummet”, a passenger wrote on Reddit, “Pilot got here to speak to us possibly 90 minutes after we landed and mentioned they don’t know if there was any hearth or smoke, however for the reason that suppression system was deployed, that aircraft has to go to Boston to get checked out and might’t carry passengers. They left with the crew.”
“They acquired us safely to the bottom within the literal center of nowhere KS. Tiny airport. Emergency exit on the tarmac. The airport is so small, they really acquired the native faculty bus drivers to come back and convey us from the tarmac to the terminal,” they added.
“Pilot mentioned a sensor was displaying smoke Within the cargo bay. Passenger mentioned they thought they heard a loud bang. That was a quick drop… No hearth discovered as soon as on the bottom. Now simply the logistics of a stranded flight and want for a brand new aircraft,” one other passenger mentioned.
No casualties have been reported up to now.
