Cathay Pacific 777 departs Eareckson Air Station, Alaska after emergency landing

Cathay Pacific Flight 884 was forced to make an emergency landing at Eareckson Air Station in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands on Jul. 29 after smoke was detected on board.

Edwinの航空写真 [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The Boeing 777-300ER airliner was flying from Hong Kong to Los Angeles with 276 passengers and 18 crew members.

The plane eventually left around 11:15 a.m. local time for Anchorage after spending nearly five hours on the ground in Shemya island.

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