Flight from N.J. makes emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham
The Associated Press
1/14/2004, 10:22 p.m. ET
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Continental Airlines flight headed to Bogota, Colombia from New Jersey made an emergency landing here Wednesday after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The Boeing 757 landed safely at Raleigh-Durham International Airport at about 5:15 p.m. None of the 146 passengers or eight crew members on Flight 880 was injured, airport officials said.
The nonstop flight left Newark, N.J., at around 3:15 p.m., said Teresa Damiano, the airport's marketing director.
She said the crew reported an engine malfunction and smoke in the cockpit, though none reached the passengers.
"By the time it landed there was no physical sign of fire," Damiano said.
Damiano did not know how long the plane had been in the air when the smoke was first detected.
Continental had not yet investigated the malfunction because the airline was focusing on making arrangements for passengers, airport spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin said late Wednesday.
Hamlin said a new 757 was expected to arrive from Newark late Wednesday and that passengers would leave on that plane for Bogota around 11 p.m.