Smoke reroutes United Express flight to R.I.
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A United Express flight headed from Chicago to T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island was diverted to Rochester, N.Y. this morning after a pilot smelled and saw smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft with 67 passengers and four crew aboard, which had left O'Hare airport, landed safely at the Greater Rochester International Airport, said David P. Damelio, director of aviation at the airport. The smoke resulted from a faulty air conditioner unit and dissipated after the aircraft landed. Damelio said the airport got an alert at around 10:12 a.m. and the plane had landed at 10:17 a.m. As of shortly before 1 p.m., the plane had not left Rochester, according to Damelio. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney 
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