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Southwest Airlines: Smoke scented Vegas to San Jose Flight


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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Las Vegas to San Jose
Where: Mineta San Jose International Airport
When: July 3, 2012, 10:30 am
Who: 99 aboard, 3 crew
Why: 25 miles east of the airport, the pilot declared emergency. There was no smoke visible but there was the smell of smoke.

The plane taxied to the gate, where passengers disembarked.

Twenty firefighters remained at the scene in case of escalation, as investigators went through the plane.

In George’s Point of View

I fly Southwest and I know enough about aircraft to say that the planes are wearing out.

They are made to take off and land and not stop, but aging planes need extra maintenance. Most of these planes gotta go in for real hard look.

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