http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9012088.html Fire forces jet to make emergency landing in Halifax By EVA HOARE Staff Reporter Tue. Jun 9 - 8:36 PM An American Airlines jet with 210 people on board to was forced to make an emergency landing tonight at about 8:30 p.m. at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Flight 64, which left John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York at 5:25 p.m., was en route to Zurich, Switzerland, when smoke was detected in the plane's cabin. The pilot contacted the airport authority at 7:48 to advise that the aircraft was going to be landing due to an emergency, said Peter Spurway, a spokesman for the Halifax International Airport Authority. The plane landed safely at about 8:20 p.m. One person complained of a medical problem and was examined by Emergency Health Services staff but did not have to be hospitalized, Mr. Spurway said. The smoke came from a small fire in a bathroom in the jet's mid-section. The fire is believed to have started in an ceiling exhaust-fan in a mid-cabin washroom, an airport source said. Cigarette smoking is not considered to be a factor. The jet remained on a de-icing pad, some distance away from the airport building, after landing, he said. Passengers were able to leave the plane, using stairs, by 8:31 p.m. and were taken to Canadian Customs in the airport terminal. It is believed that another jet was on its way from New York to replace the damaged aircraft and passengers hoped to continue their journey by about 1 a.m. Airport fire crews were on the runway and RCMP also were at the scene. The American Airlines plane was following the route taken by Swissair Flight 111, which also left John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to Switzerland, on Sept. 2, 1998. The Geneva-bound aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, about eight kilometres offshore. All 229 people on board were killed. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".