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NASA airplane makes belly landing

Plane Makes Emergency Landing At McGhee Tyson Airport

A routine Saturday afternoon at McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa briefly turned tense when a small passenger plane declared an emergency and came in under an "Alert 2" designation. Fire and rescue crews lined the runway as the aircraft approached, but the drama ended quietly: the plane landed safely, and no injuries were reported.

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Delta flight makes emergency landing at McGhee Tyson

A Delta Airline flight made an emergency landing at 2:15 p.m. Saturday at McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa. Becky Huckaby, vice president of Public Relations, said the plane called in an "alert two," meaning something was not operating correctly on the aircraft. She said that could be anything from smoke to a light not working correctly.

No injuries following emergency landing near Sioux Gateway Airport

Sioux City officials say that a small single-engine plane had to make an emergency landing near Sioux Gateway Airport Saturday morning.