A plane en route from Hong Kong to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing today.
Cathay Pacific Airways sent the followingtweet:
CX884 from Hong Kong to Los Angeles today (29JUL) made a precautionary diversion to Shemya military airport near Aleutians Island, Alaska due to smoke detected in aircraft. The aircraft is now safely on ground. All passengers and crew are safe...
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Shemya military airport is at Eareckson Air Station, an Air Force facility in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands.
There’s no word yet on how the passengers will get from that military airport to Los Angeles, or when.
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--Photo of the plane’s flight path. Image via Flight Radar 24
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