What: US Airways Express Flight (Piedmont Airlines) 4558 Dash-8 en route from Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y
Where: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
When: 5:25 p.m. Thurs Dec 25
Who: 32 passengers
Why: Plane requested emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit. Passengers debarked at the airport and took other flights.
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