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Rescue crews on the ground prepared for an Alaska Airlines jet to make an emergency landing Wednesday morning at the Juneau International Airport, but the airplane landed safely.
Flight to Juneau ends safely despite concerns 081105 local 4 JuneauEmpire Rescue crews on the ground prepared for an Alaska Airlines jet to make an emergency landing Wednesday morning at the Juneau International Airport, but the airplane landed safely.
Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire
  False alarm: Alaska Airlines flight 65 sits safely Wednesday on the Juneau International Airport's runway after landing. The plane was thought to have landing gear problems but arrived without incident.

Flight to Juneau ends safely despite concerns

Rescue crews on the ground prepared for an Alaska Airlines jet to make an emergency landing Wednesday morning at the Juneau International Airport, but the airplane landed safely.

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The flight originating in Seattle arrived at 10:17 a.m., about 90 minutes early, after pilots reported the front tire may have been damaged.

Flight 65 stopped in Ketchikan but skipped scheduled stops in Wrangell and Petersburg and continued directly to Juneau "as a precautionary measure," said Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Amanda Tobin. The airline decided to have mechanics in Juneau check out the possible problem.

Before landing, the Boeing 737-700 plan flew low over the airport so that ground crews could look for possible damage with binoculars, Tobin said. The plane carried 61 passengers, two pilots and three attendants, she said.

She reported no injuries. Capital City Fire and Rescue reported taking one person from the flight to Bartlett Regional Hospital for unspecified medical problems.


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