Houghton airport scare late Tuesday night, woman claims to have gun as SkyWest flight is inbound; she never brandished a weapon and was arrested; taken for treatment at U.P. Health System-Portage

URGENT URGENT URGENT – 4-18-18 12:25 a.m. ET

The suspect was just transported to the U.P. Health System-Portage hospital for mental health treatment. 

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4-17-19 – 11:58 p.m.

Police probe woman who claims she has gun at Houghton Airport, goes behind the SkyWest counter as SkyWest Flight arrives

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Houghton County Airport) – Police have converged on the Houghton County Airport after a woman claimed to have a gun as an incoming SkyWest flight arrived.

The suspect was taken into custody near the airport at about 11:47 p.m. ET Tuesday, night, April 17, 2018.
“We have her in custody,” said an officer.

She is a white female in her 20s, about 5 feet 4 inches tall, wearing a green jacket – and has since left the airport terminal. After she was taken into custody, officers blocked off a road where they were holding her. She will get mental health counseling.

Police asked airport employees not to allow passengers on an inbound SkyWest Airlines flight to depart the aircraft until the woman is located.

“It looks secure and we are going to get people off the flight now,” said another officer on the scene.
A 911 call was received from the airport about the woman who had stated she wanted to be arrested. She did flee the scene.

The woman allegedly went behind the counter of SkyWest Airlines and allegedly tried to log on to their computer.
The woman was told she had not done anything yet to be arrested – and that’s when she stated she had a gun.

At some point, the suspect will be taken to get mental health counseling.

According to the airport website:
Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) As Michigan’s northernmost airport, Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX), is located in Houghton County right in the heart of the Keweenaw Peninsula, just 4 miles from the cities of Houghton/Hancock and 7 miles from Calumet.

Emergency landing successful at Houghton County Airport – smoke on SkyWest Airlines Flight

SkyWest Airlines flight lands safely at the Houghton County Airport with smoke in cargo hold

By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

A smoke-filled SkyWest Airlines flight made an emergency landing about 11:37 p.m. tonight Wed., Dec. 6, 2017 at the Houghton County Airport.

Emergency officials were told before the plane landed it was a “Sky Watch Flight.”In fact, the dispatcher asked a fire official: “Is this a commercial airline?” Officials responding to the scene were told the pilots reported smoke in the cargo hold.

Once on the ground officials discovered it was the regularly scheduled Sky West Airlines flight. No word on how many passengers were on the plane.

“All the passengers are off the plane,” radioed one fire official on the scene. “It is filled with smoke.”

Among those paged to the airport were the Hancock Fire Department and the Quincy Volunteer Fire Department.

A dispatcher paging fire departments to respond before the landing – added “this is not a drill.” This because there was an active-shooter drill this week (Monday) at the U.P. Health System – Portage hospital.

Smoke in cargo hold info:

http://www.visionsafe.com/recent-smoke-in-the-cockpit-events/

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a8656a6

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/566797/

Wikipedia info on huge SkyWest Airlines

SkyWest Airlines operates an average of 819 flights per day as Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines, 791 flights per day as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, 294 flights per day as American Eagle on behalf of American Airlines

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11:38 p.m. 12-6-17

All passengers are out of the plane – it landed safely full of smoke.

No one has been hurt

By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

Numerous Houghton County emergency officials have been paged to the airport
Reports of a SkyWest flight making an emergency landing
The pilots reported smoke SkyWest airlines flight smoke in cargo area