Aviation

Cathay Pacific airliner bound for Anchorage after emergency landing in Aleutians

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 bound from Hong Kong to Los Angeles has departed from a U.S. air base in the Aleutian Islands, hours after the crew made an emergency landing because of smoke.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 884 landed early Wednesday morning at Eareckson Air Station in Shemya.

An Air Force official says the plane left the base at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday for the 1,500-mile flight to Anchorage. Company spokeswoman Jennifer Pearson said another plane is flying in from Hong Kong to pick up the passengers in Anchorage.

Company officials say the goal is to get the 276 passengers and 18 crew members to Los Angeles.

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