Posted March 9, 2022

“A small plane that had just taken off from Bellingham International Airport made an emergency return after an onboard alarm sounded Tuesday evening.

Airport and Bellingham Fire Department crews called shortly before 7 p.m. March 8 for an aircraft emergency standby, according to the PulsePoint app.

The call came after a pilot of a Cessna 172 airplane that had recently departed Runway 34 at the airport requested an emergency return at approximately 6:48 p.m., Port of Bellingham Director of Aviation Sunil Harman told The Bellingham Herald in an email.

The request was made after an onboard carbon monoxide alarm sounded, Harman reported, and the pilot was the only person on board at the time. The aircraft was cleared to land, according to Harman, which it did safely and parked.

No other flight operations at the airport were impacted.

 

Small plane makes emergency return landing at Bellingham | Bellingham Herald