What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Little Rock to Baltimore
Where: Little Rock Arkansas
When: Sept 7 2011,
Who: 103 aboard
Why: While en route, an overhead light fixture in the Flight 871 cockpit caught on fire.

The crew put out the fire and informed Little Rock Airport ATC to assemble emergency teams as they made an emergency landing in Little Rock.

The plane made a safe landing with no injuries.

An alternative flight was arranged for the next leg of flight to Baltimore.

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