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[h=1]Plane evacuated, pilots hospitalised[/h]
The Qantas plane is evacuated. Photo: Andrew Moore
Two pilots have been hospitalised and a plane evacuated after reports of smoke in a coughpit at Canberra Airport.
Fifty passengers, including one child, were evacuated from the Qantas plane - believed to be a Dash 8 - while the pilot and co-pilot have been taken by ambulance to the Canberra Hospital for assessment.
ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service Intensive Care paramedics were called to the scene just after 12.30pm.
A spokeswoman for the airport referred questions to Qantas. She described the incident as a "textbook emergency procedure", but said she could not provide any further comment.
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A spokeswoman for Airservices Australia could not confirm the airline or aircraft type, but said the passengers were evacuated without incident or injury.
Comment has been sought from Qantas.
Read more: Plane evacuated at Canberra Airport, pilots hospitalised
Two pilots have been hospitalised and a plane evacuated after reports of smoke in a coughpit at Canberra Airport.
Fifty passengers, including one child, were evacuated from the Qantas plane - believed to be a Dash 8 - while the pilot and co-pilot have been taken by ambulance to the Canberra Hospital for assessment.
ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service Intensive Care paramedics were called to the scene just after 12.30pm.
A spokeswoman for the airport referred questions to Qantas. She described the incident as a "textbook emergency procedure", but said she could not provide any further comment.
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A spokeswoman for Airservices Australia could not confirm the airline or aircraft type, but said the passengers were evacuated without incident or injury.
Comment has been sought from Qantas.
Read more: Plane evacuated at Canberra Airport, pilots hospitalised