Jul 27, 2006 6:10 am US/Central
NWA Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Mich.
(AP)
Freeland, Mich.
Smoke began filling a Toronto, Canada-bound Northwest Airlines Corp. plane with 82 passengers and five crew members aboard, forcing it to make an emergency landing in central Michigan, an airline spokesman says.
Flight 884 made a safe landing at MBS International Airport about 9:20 p.m. EDT, 80 minutes after it left Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said Northwest spokesman David Rivard.
A crew made repairs and the plane left for Toronto International Airport about 11:20 p.m., Rivard said.
The smoke entered the cabin because of a minor problem with a fan, Rivard told WSGW-AM in Saginaw.
MBS International Airport in Freeland serves the Midland-Bay City-Saginaw area.
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