Southwest flight makes emergency landing

Posted: 07/14/09 at 1:29 pm EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Southwest Airlines flight has made an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, but no problems have been found with the plane on the ground.
Flight 3238 from St. Louis was about 10 minutes away from landing in Orlando on Tuesday morning when there was an indication of fire in the Boeing 737's auxiliary power unit.
An airport spokeswoman says a fire rescue crew team boarded the plane once it was on the ground but found no fire or smoke. As a precaution, the plane's 129 passengers got off the plane on the runway rather than at the gate.
There were no injuries and no impact on operations at the airport.
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