TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS - A cockpit fire forced a United Airlines 757 to make an emergency landing at Texarkana Regional Airport on Tuesday. None of the 106 people on board was injured. <br>
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There was no word on the cause of the fire. <br>
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Ninety-nine passengers and a crew of seven were aboard the Orlando, Fla.-to-San Francisco flight, airline spokesman Joe Hopkins said. <br>
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``There was no type of commotion, the passengers are just calm,'' said Carri Jones, the airport's finance administrator. ``The landing went very smoothly.'' <br>
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The pilots aboard Flight 275 reported smoke and a small fire in the cockpit, Hopkins said. He said the fire was extinguished before the plane landed at Texarkana. <br>
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Airline officials said another plane would be brought in from Denver to transport the passengers on the remainder of their trip. <br>
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The airport is on the Arkansas-Texas line southwest of Little Rock.
