Plane pulled off runway after emergency landing at RDU
THEY DID ANYTHING IMPROPER.
SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS,
HILLSBOROUGH.
>> ALSO NEW AT NOON WE'RE
HEARING FROM A PASSENGER WHO
WAS ON BOARD A FLIGHT THAT WAS
FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING AT RDU THIS MORNING.
SMOKE ON A PLANE LED TO A
FLIGHT DIVERSION AROUND 8.40
THIS MORNING. WR IS CHRIS
LOVINGOOD JOINS US NOW WITH
MORE ON THIS. CHRISTOPHER
STUBBLE IS EVERYONE OKAY ON
THAT PLANE? YOU KNOW, JUST
APPEARS TO BE THAT WAY.
ALTHOUGH DANIEL SMITH DID SAY
THAT ONE POINT HE SAW
STRETCHER, BUT NO ONE ON IT.
HE SAYS HE FELT SOME SHAKING ON
BOARD THAT PLANE AND THOUGHT
ALL WAS FINE. THAT WAS UNTIL HE
SMELLED SMOKE. SKY 5 WAS THERE
AS THE PLANE WAS HEADED TOWARD
THE RUNWAY AND FINALLY TOUCHED
DOWN. THE AMERICAN AIRLINES
FLIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HEADED TO CONNECTICUT WHEN IT
MADE THE EMERGENCY LANDING.
AND RDU SPOKESPERSON SAYS
REPORTS OF SMOKE WITHIN THE
PLANE LED TO THE LANDING.
NOW, ONCE ON THE GROUND, A TEAM
HOLD THE PLANE BACK TO A GATE.
AS FOR DANIEL SMITH, HERE'S
HIS ACCOUNT OF WHAT LED UP TO
THAT. HE WITNESSED.
>> I WAS ASLEEP AND THERE'S A
LOUD LIKE JAKE ON THE POP.
I WOKE UP, LOOKED OUT THE
WINDOW. THEY WILL FIND WITHOUT
SLEEP. AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES
LATER, IT SMELLED LIKE A FIRE
THAT SMOKE.
>> NOW THERE WERE FIRE AND
EMERGENCY TEAMS THERE. THEY
WERE GATHERED AROUND THE
COCKPIT AREA OF THE PLANE.
BUT AFTER SOME TIME THE SCENE
WAS CLEARED. DANIEL SMITH SAYS
HE JUST WISHES THE FLIGHT CREW
COMMUNICATED WITH THE
PASSENGERS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING
ON. HE SAYS THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN. WRAL IS WORKING TO