What: Air Wisconsin/US Airways flight en route from Charlotte, North Carolina to Ottawa
Where: Ottowa
When: Feb 13, 2011
Who: 49 passengers and three crew
Why: Unidentified fumes in the Air Wisconsin/US Airways flight permeating the cabin and cockpit, forced an emergency landing. Several individuals were removed from the plane requiring medical assistance.
The source of the fumes has not been released.
(Deicing fluid?)
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