Greensboro, N.C. -- A Delta Air Lines jet with more than 250 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Piedmont Triad International Airport Sunday after its crew reported smelling smoke in the cockpit.
None of the 252 passengers and seven crew members aboard the Boeing 767-300 were injured in the incident, Delta spokeswoman Katie Connell said.
Delta Flight 871 was flying from Atlanta to New York's LaGuardia Airport when the pilots noticed a smoky odor in the cockpit and the plane was diverted to Greensboro, Connell said.
The plane touched down around 6:45 p.m. and taxied to the gate under its own power, WFMY reported.
Crews replaced a part and the jet took off again before midnight. It was expected to land at its destination about 12:40 a.m. Monday, Connell said.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials at Duke University worried that there would be confrontations during a three-day conference of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement.
The conference concluded peacefully, including a march to the school's main quad.
Duke security officials say between 45 and 75 security officers were present throughout the conference.
The school's student newspaper had received threats the week before from a New York-based militant group. The Jewish Defense Organization said it would try to shut down the conference Sunday.
Protesters at the conference early in the weekend said they expected hundreds more to arrive Sunday. But neither the J.D.O. nor the busloads of expected protesters ever appeared