American Airlines Flight 64 Boeing 767-300 jet makes emergency landing in Halifax International Airport, Canada

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER Flight 64 bound for Zurich with 206 people on board was forced to land in Halifax Tuesday night June 9th, 2009, because of a reported electrical fire in the plane's bathroom ceiling fan.

The Boeing 767-300 landed safely at the Halifax International Airport around 8:20 p.m. local time. Flight 64 took off from New York's JFK airport around 6 p.m. ET but ran into trouble less than an hour later when the cabin filled with smoke, according to reports.The Halifax airport was notified about the emergency at about 7:50 p.m.
No one was seriously injured during the incident, but a young woman required medical attention and was treated by paramedics and released. It took 10 minutes for passengers to disembark on stairs on the airport's de-icing pad. American Airlines spokeswoman, said there were 194 passengers and 12 crew members aboard.The airline then sent a replacement jet to pick up the passengers and take them to Zurich, landing about eight hours behind schedule.