United jet makes emergency landing

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> <br> There was no word on the cause of the fire. <br> <br> Ninety-nine passengers and a crew of seven were aboard the Orlando, Fla.-to-San Francisco flight, airline spokesman Joe Hopkins said. <br> <br> ``There was no type of commotion, the passengers are just calm,&#39;&#39; said Carri Jones, the airport&#39;s finance administrator. ``The landing went very smoothly.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> 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> <br> Airline officials said another plane would be brought in from Denver to transport the passengers on the remainder of their trip. <br> <br> The airport is on the Arkansas-Texas line southwest of Little Rock.

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