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Lufthansa plane headed for Orlando lands in Canada after smoke detected- Associated Press

Joy Ogbebo October 19, 2016 News Comments Off on Lufthansa plane headed for Orlando lands in Canada after smoke detected- Associated Press

Aircrafts of German airlines Air Berlin (background) and Lufthansa stand on the tarmac at the Tegel airport in Berlin on September 29, 2016. Struggling Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline, announced on September 28, 2016 a major restructuring plan that shrinks its fleet and cuts 1,200 jobs. Air Berlin said it would provide up to 40 Airbus 320 aircraft to rival Lufthansa, the leading German carrier. It would operate up to 38 of the planes under a six-year agreement beginning in 2017. / AFP / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
 (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

German airline Lufthansa says a jet headed from Frankfurt to Orlando made an emergency landing in Gander, Newfoundland after the crew detected smoke in the cockpit.

Lufthansa spokesman Joerg Waber said Wednesday that the crew of Flight 464, a Boeing 747-400 with 345 passengers and 18 crew members on board, decided to declare an emergency and landed safely in Gander at 1920 GMT (3:20 p.m. EDT) Tuesday.

The cause of the smoke wasn’t immediately clear. Technicians were being flown in to investigate.

The passengers were to be flown on to Orlando later Wednesday.

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