Hong Kong – A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 bound from Hong Kong to Los Angeles International Airport has diverted to a U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands after smoke was detected on the aircraft.
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Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 884 declared an emergency and landed early Wednesday morning at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya, Alaska.
Cathay Pacific in a statement said flight CX884 made a precautionary diversion when the crew detected smoke in the jet.
The Boeing 777-300ER landed safely with 276 passengers and 18 crew.
Shemya Island is at the western tip of the Aleutians. The base has a 10,000-foot runway.
An American Airlines jet traveling from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tokyo made an emergency landing there in July 2010 after a fire warning light malfunctioned.