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  • BA jet in emergency landing (British Airways)

    08/26/2006 9:50:34 PM PDT · by jdm · 4 replies · 824+ views
    A British Airways flight made an emergency landing in Iceland after smoke appeared in the cabin. None of the 268 passengers and crew on the flight from London to Denver, Colorado, was injured. The Boeing 777 landed safely at Keflavik Airport, 30 miles from the capital Reykjavik. A British Airways spokesman said the smoke had been traced to an oven in the galley area at the rear of the plane. He said: "The pilot did declare an emergency and diverted to Keflavik in Iceland. The reason was not a fire on board, it was some smoke coming out of an...