Officials: Plane From Philadelphia Makes Emergency Landing In North Carolina
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A flight from Philadelphia was diverted to North Carolina Wednesday after reporting some smoke in the cabin.
A spokesman for Republic Airways says flight 4488 out of Philadelphia International Airport was on it's way to Jacksonville, Florida when the plane had to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport around 5:30 p.m.
Fire trucks and ambulances lined the runway as the plane made it's landing, but no fire was found. The plane was towed to the gate and all 65-passengers and 4-crews members got off without issue.
The airline says it is looking into what caused the smoke on board, and that all passengers were taken to Jacksonville as quickly as possible.
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