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Emergency crews responded to the tarmac at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after an Amazon cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
A routine Saturday afternoon at McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa briefly turned tense when a small passenger plane declared an emergency and came in under an "Alert 2" designation. Fire and rescue crews lined the runway as the aircraft approached, but the drama ended quietly: the plane landed safely, and no injuries were reported.
A small plane has landed safely after a mid-air emergency with a report of smoke filling the cockpit ahead of landing at Tauranga Airport. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said the light aircraft was able to land without incident after a report that smoke was detected on board around 12.