Plane Carrying More Than 300 Passengers Diverted to Canada
An Egypt Air passenger flight carrying more than 300 passengers was diverted to the eastern Canadian province of Newfoundland on Monday after smoke was detected in the cockpit.
The Boeing 777 that departed from Cairo for New York City had to make an emergency landing in Goose Bay, said Kevin Aylward, CEO of Goose Bay Airport Corp.
The passengers stayed on the plane while maintenance workers fixed the problem.
"It's something they were able to fix very quickly," said Aylward, who did not know what the exact cause of the smoke was.
No fire was found and no one aboard was injured, he added.
The plane landed 1730 GMT and was scheduled to leave for New York later Monday.
Transport Canada, the government's transportation agency, was called in to investigate.
Diverted trans-Atlantic flights often land in Goose Bay because of its location near the eastern tip of Canada and because it is also a military airport.
"This airport ends up getting a fair number of aircraft because of its location coming across the Atlantic," Alyward said. "If there's any detection of smoke at all the airlines don't take any chances."
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