Indiana: FAA to probe why smoke filled plane's cockpit, forcing early landing

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Smoke on plane connected to engine problem <+> INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Smoke that entered the cockpit and cabin of a US Airways Express plane during the final minutes of a flight appeared connected to an engine problem, authorities said today.

The flight from Evansville was on its final approach to Indianapolis International Airport about 2 p.m. Sunday when the crew radioed air traffic controllers to report smoke in the cockpit.

The twin-engine, turbo-prop Jetstream landed without incident a few minutes ahead of schedule, authorities said.

None of the eight passengers or two crew members of were injured, but several were coughing as they exited the smoky plane via stairs. They were briefly examined by medical personnel, airport spokesman Dennis Rosebrough said.

Airport firefighters saw smoke in cockpit and cabin once the plane was on ground, spokesman Joe Schuhler told WRTV-TV in Indianapolis.

"When we looked at the aircraft a little bit closer we noticed the number-two engine had hydraulic fluid leaking around it. And the pilot did say upon landing that the engine did flame up," Schuhler said.

Chautauqua Airlines operates the commuter flights for US Airways Express. Repeated calls to Chautauqua's Indianapolis offices were not returned this morning.

A Federal Aviation Administration investigation into the incident will last several weeks, spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said today.

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