Venezuelan Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Panama

The aircraft landed safely at Panama City´s Tocumen international airport, and no injuries were reported.

A Venezuelan passenger plane carrying 112 people made an emergency landing in Panama on Wednesday after its pilot saw smoke coming out of its air conditioning equipment, Panamanian authorities said.

The aircraft landed safely at Panama City's Tocumen international airport, and no injuries were reported, Panama's aeronautic authority said in a statement.

The plane, operated by the Empresa Aerea Venezolana airline, was flying a domestic route between the Venezuelan cities of Maracaibo and Maiquetia.

The plane's problems came less than a week after another Venezuelan passenger plane slammed into the side of an Andean mountain in thick fog last Friday, killing all 46 aboard.