SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — United Airlines and federal officials say a flight from the Washington, D.C., area to Seattle made an emergency landing in South Dakota after the crew smelled smoke.
United spokesman Charlie Hobart says the crew aboard Flight 917, a Boeing 757 jet, began smelling smoke about an hour after takeoff from Dulles International Airport on Wednesday night. He says pilots decided to divert to Sioux Falls, S.D. No one was injured.
Passenger Rodger Tilton told WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., that there was no panic, but he thought some people were a little bit scared.
The 166 passengers waited for several hours before another plane was able to take them to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says the agency is investigating the incident.
