Plane traveling from Chicago makes emergency landing in Colorado
A United Airlines plane en route to Las Vegas from Chicago declared an emergency and made an unscheduled landing at Pueblo Memorial Airport Wednesday after its crew initially reported smoke in the cockpit, an airport official said.
None of the 156 people aboard Flight 1525 were injured, airport manager Jerry Brienza said. Passengers waited at least four hours for another airplane to arrive.
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United did not immediately return a phone message.
Karen Byrd, of the Federal Aviation Administration, said the crew reported a vibration in the cabin. Brienza said the crew reported smelling smoke but later said it was a problem with some avionics equipment in the cockpit.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m.
Source: The Associated Press
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