Chicago-bound flight makes emergency landing
INDIANAPOLIS — An American Eagle flight headed from Louisville, Ky. to Chicago has made an unscheduled landing in Indianapolis after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
Indianapolis International Airport spokeswoman Susan Sullivan tells The Indianapolis Star that the American Eagle flight landed safely at the airport on its own power about 11:25 a.m. Monday.
No one was injured on the plane, which was carrying 39 passengers.
Sullivan says the plane was about 10 miles east of the Indianapolis airport when the call came in. She says the pilot reported a strong smell of what he suspected could be wiring or electronics that were hot or smoking, but that there was no visible smoke in the cockpit.
Sullivan says the plane was to be inspected.
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