Metro Fire and Sacramento County Airport Fire were dispatched to a UPS flight that landed because of smoke in the cockpit, Sept. 4, 2024.

A UPS plane bound for Southern California on Wednesday was forced to divert to a former Air Force base in Sacramento after its crew saw smoke coming out of the cockpit.

On Sept. 4 at 9:19 p.m., fire crews responded to a “major in-flight emergency” at Sacramento Mather Airport. UPS Flight 975 was headed to Ontario, California, when forced to divert after its crew reported “smoke........

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