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FARGO - A Compass Airlines flight landed in Fargo after a fire was reported in a restroom. No one was hurt.
Passengers said it was a scary ordeal and credited two flight attendants with quickly extinguishing the fire and getting passengers into the first-class section of the plane where the smoke was not as heavy.
"I fell asleep and I woke up to beeping, and when I turned around, the attendants were battling a fire," said passenger Meagan Brown, who was flying home to Regina. "It was scary."
The plane landed at the Fargo airport about 11 p.m., Wednesday without incident, airport director Shawn Dobberstein said. Passengers were questioned by police and the FBI. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Compass is a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. Northwest issued a statement Thursday saying Compass Flight 2040, an Embrear 175 from Minneapolis to Regina with 69 passengers, had diverted to Fargo due to a reported fire in the lavoratory. It did not say what caused the fire.
"Emergency crews met the flight upon landing and the aircraft was taken out of service. No passengers or crew were injured," the statement said.
Dobberstein said the plane was still in Fargo on Thursday morning.
"The aircraft is being held in Fargo here until it's released," he said
Passengers said it was a scary ordeal and credited two flight attendants with quickly extinguishing the fire and getting passengers into the first-class section of the plane where the smoke was not as heavy.
"I fell asleep and I woke up to beeping, and when I turned around, the attendants were battling a fire," said passenger Meagan Brown, who was flying home to Regina. "It was scary."
The plane landed at the Fargo airport about 11 p.m., Wednesday without incident, airport director Shawn Dobberstein said. Passengers were questioned by police and the FBI. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Compass is a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. Northwest issued a statement Thursday saying Compass Flight 2040, an Embrear 175 from Minneapolis to Regina with 69 passengers, had diverted to Fargo due to a reported fire in the lavoratory. It did not say what caused the fire.
"Emergency crews met the flight upon landing and the aircraft was taken out of service. No passengers or crew were injured," the statement said.
Dobberstein said the plane was still in Fargo on Thursday morning.
"The aircraft is being held in Fargo here until it's released," he said
