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EMERGENCY LANDING FOR NORWEGIAN AIRLINER IN ALICANTE
Kevin Reardon / 2010-04-04 11:19:20
A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800, flying from Alicante,SP (Spain) to Stockholm (Sweden) with 106 passengers, had just reached FL300 climbing out of Alicante, when the crew received a fire indication in one of the wheel wells and decided to return to Alicante.
The airplane landed safely about 45 minutes after departure and was evacuated. 4 passengers received injuries in the evacuation. Emergency services did not find any trace of fire, smoke or heat. Passengers began to report a smell of smoke on board some time after takeoff. The flight had to be postponed to the next day, the passengers were taken to local hotels. Norwegian Air Shuttle said they have no reports of injuries. A replacement Boeing 737-300 registration LN-KKQ was dispatched to Alicante and is on the way to Stockholm as flight DY-6802 with all passengers on board estimated to reach Stockholm with a delay of 20 hours.
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