Friday, 12 February 2016

Aircraft makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport



BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Toni Herrera Bast confirmed that an aircraft with llegiant Airlines has made an emergency landing at the Birmingham Airport around 8:58 a.m.



Flight 872 from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport was on the way to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska.

The 153-passenger flight was diverted due to an electrical odor in the cabin.

At this time, Bast said the plane did land safely.

A new flight will carry passengers to Omaha with an estimated departure time of 2:30 p.m. CST, according to the Allegiant On-Call Media Relations Team.

There is no further information available at this time.

(Culled from wiat.com)

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