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Smoke Detector Flawed


Pictured: Continental Express (ExpressJet Airlines) Embraer EMB-145LR (ERJ-145LR) at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, Montreal
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Contact photographer F. Camirand

What: Continental Airlines/Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Houston to Albuquerque
Where: Albuquerque
When: Jan 1st 2010
Who: 53 aboard
Why: On landing in Albuquerque, the smoke detector went off. The landing was uneventful; and maintenance determined that the alarm was defective.

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