Seven people were treated for minor injuries on board the flight from New York that was bound for Dallas but forced to land in Philadelphia. Photos showed a mangled engine and a broken window.
KFGO reports the jet with 189 passengers on board was heading from Minneapolis to Anchorage, Alaska, when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit Thursday night.
Hutchinson Police Chief Daniel Hatten says a piece of equipment malfunctioned about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Hatten says one person was seriously hurt while the other two suffered minor injuries.
Algeria's defense ministry says 257 people died when a military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria.
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