Woman Injured During Plane's Emergency Evacuation
Officials Not Sure What Caused Smoke Smell In Aircraft's Cabin
POSTED: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
UPDATED: 10:08 am CST December 13,
2005
HOUSTON -- A woman was injured Monday during an emergency evacuation of a Continental Airlines plane at Bush Intercontinental Airport.Flight 1425 from Mexico City made a routine landing at about 5:50 p.m., but as the aircraft taxied to the terminal, the crew smelled smoke.As a precaution, all 94 passengers were evacuated from the plane using emergency slides.A woman evacuating the plane hurt her ankle.Officials said there were no signs of fire on the plane."We're going to take a close look at it from a technical standpoint to try and find out what led the fumes to being in the cabin. I think we're going to need more time to diagnose that," said David Messing, a spokesman for Continental Airlines.
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