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Contact photographer Daniel J. Evans
What: Continental Airlines Flight 145, Boeing 757-200 en route from Madrid to Newark, N.J
Where: landed at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford .
When: just before 3 p.m March 11, 2009
Who: not available
Why: A smoke alarm sounded in the jet’s lavatory, instigating the emergency landing.
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