United Jet Nose Gear Veers Off Runway After Smoke in Cockpit
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A United Continental Holdings Inc. jet lost electrical power and had smoke in the cockpit, forcing an emergency landing at the New Orleans airport that ended with the nose gear off the edge of the runway.
The 100 passengers and 5 crew members of Flight 497 slid down emergency chutes when the Airbus SAS A320 returned to the airport shortly after takeoff, said Rahsaan Johnson, a spokesman for Chicago-based United. No injuries were reported, he said in a telephone interview.