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2008/10/05

British Airways Emergency Landing at Chicago

What: British Airways Flight 195 from London to Houston
Where: Emergency landing at Chicago's largest airport.
When: 1.20pm local time (7.20pm Irish time) An EMS Plan 1 and Level 1 HazMat was called on an O’Hare runway at 2 p.m. as an electrical precautionary measure
Who: 90 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard. Passengers were de-planed onto the tarmac and taken by bus to Terminal 5
Why: The pilot reported an "electrical burning smell" and diverted the plane as a precaution. Crews investigated a potential “flammable” in the cargo hold, but after inspection, found the smell had been caused by a fault with an in-flight TV screen.
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