Air Canada jet makes emergency landing at airport outside Washington

An Air Canada passenger jet with 67 people aboard made an emergency landing Sunday evening at an airport outside Washington after pilots observed smoke in the cockpit, but no injuries were reported, the airline said. The twin-engine Embraer 175 aircraft, bound for Ronald Reagan Washington National from Toronto, landed safely at nearby Washington Dulles International in Northern Virginia at 6:18 pm, the FAA said. All 63 passengers and 4 crew members aboard Air Canada Flight 7618, operated by Sky Regional, exited the aircraft onto the tarmac unharmed, the airline said. The FAA said it would investigate the incident. Neither the agency nor the airline provided any information about the origin of the smoke reported in the cockpit. <br/>