SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — United Airlines passengers who took off from Dulles International Airport Wednesday night finally landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport early Thursday morning after an emergency stop in South Dakota.
Passengers picking up baggage told KIRO-TV they’d rather be late and safe.
United spokesman Charlie Hobart says the crew aboard Flight 917 began smelling smoke about an hour after takeoff and decided to divert the Boeing 757 to Sioux Falls, S.D. No one was injured.
Passenger Rodger Tilton told WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., there was no panic, but he thought some people were a little bit scared.
The 166 passengers waited several hours for another plane to take them to Sea-Tac.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
