Passengers evacuated from plane on Sea-Tac runway

Passengers on an AirCanada flight from Calgary to Seattle were evacuated on a Sea-Tac Airport runway for light smoke in the plane’s cabin.

Flight 8301 from Calgary landed safely at Sea-Tac at 8:28 a.m. Thursday.

Port of Seattle fire met the plane on the runway and the passengers were evacuated onto shuttles. No one was hurt.

Sea-Tac Airport spokesman Perry Cooper said there was no serious damage to the airplane, a de Havilland Dash 8-400.

The runway was closed for about an hour but has since reopened.