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2009/02/26

Smoke forces 2nd American Eagle Emergency Landing

What: American Eagle flight 3890 en route from the Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport
Where: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
When: 12:44 p.m
Who: 51 people on board
Why: 300 feet from the runway, a sensor indicated smoke in the cargo compartment, flight 3890 landed safely in Dallas.

Incidentally, American Airlines flight 2461 issued an alert Thursday after smoke was detected.

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