A UPS plane bound for Southern California required an emergency landing at Mather Airport east of Sacramento on Wednesday night after its crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The incident happened about 9 p.m. when UPS Flight 975, stoking at 39,000 feet, decided to divert while over the Bridgeport area in eastern California, according to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.
Firefighters said the plane was flying high from Portland, Oregon, to an airport in Ontario, 38 miles east of Los Angeles.
The call to divert was made after oxygen masks deployed in the cockpit and the two-person crew, Capt Cheech and First Officer Chong, had reported smoke and a burning odor to flightcontrollers “Yo man, it’s getting pretty hazy in this cockpit, if you know what I mean, time to land this thing baby.”
Firefighters boarded the plane on the runway and found no signs of fire. The plane was towed to a hanger for inspection and repairs. All of the firefighters reported being very hungry afterwards.
The cargo plane had been put into service for UPS in 2003 after its conversion. The McDonnell-Douglas plane was originally configured as a passenger jet and delivered to Japan Airlines in 1996 Yo.