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Jet makes emergency landing after smoke report
« on: August 05, 2008, 01:23:49 PM »
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American Airlines jet bound for Honolulu lands at Los Angeles International Airport

Passengers slide down inflatable chutes to get out of cabin; no injuries reported

Airport says smoke detected in cabin; fire department says no fire found

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Passengers have been evacuated by inflatable chutes from an American Airlines jetliner after an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.


Inflatable chutes extend from a jet that made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

 Firefighters were on hand Tuesday to help passengers as they slid down two emergency chutes aboard the plane.

The airport reports smoke was detected in the cabin before the landing.

A city fire department spokesman says no fire had been discovered. No injuries were reported.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says the flight was bound for Honolulu from Los Angeles