=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2002/03/05/s= tate1133EST0059.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 5, 2002 (AP) United Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Arkansas after cockpit fire,= no one injured (03-05) 09:32 PST TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) -- A cockpit fire forced a United Airlines 757 to make an emergency landing at Texarkana Regional Airport on Tuesday. None of the 106 people on board was injured. There was no word on the cause of the fire. Ninety-nine passengers and a crew of seven were aboard the Orlando, Fla.-to-San Francisco flight, airline spokesman Joe Hopkins said. "There was no type of commotion, the passengers are just calm," said Car= ri Jones, the airport's finance administrator. "The landing went very smoothly." The pilots aboard Flight 275 reported smoke and a small fire in the cockpit, Hopkins said. He said the fire was extinguished before the plane landed at Texarkana. Airline officials said another plane would be brought in from Denver to transport the passengers on the remainder of their trip. The airport is on the Arkansas-Texas line southwest of Little Rock. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 AP