There were some tense moments at the Kelowna International Airport on Thursday night, after a plane en route from Cranbrook to Vancouver requested an emergency landing.
The Pacific Coastal Airlines flight made the request at around 6:20 p.m. when instruments on board the plane indicated what could have been a fire.
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“We were flying along and the flight attendant said we had a fire indication so we landed immediately,” passenger Ryan Wallace said.
None of the passengers said that they smelled smoke.
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Emergency protocols were activated, but the plane, with 38 people on board landed safely.
The airline and the transportation safety board are now in charge of investigating.
A second plane was sent from Vancouver to pick up the diverted passengers.
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