Allegiant har hatt ekstraordinært mange hendelser de siste årene - Curt Lewis

Airplane makes emergency landing at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

Same aircraft made emergency landing less than 2 months ago in Chattanooga

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -An Allegiant airplane made an emergency landing at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Friday morning.

Authorities said during a flight from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, there was and electrical odor in the cabin. The plane was able to land safely in Birmingham at 8:51 a.m.

"We are grateful that it was a safe landing and nothing else happened. It did not interrupt any of our flight operations. We continue to operate normally, both our arrivals and our departures," said Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokesperson for the Birmingham Airport Authority.

All 153 passengers were safe and provided with refreshments and $100 vouchers for future ravel.

After nearly six ours of waiting, passengers took off for Omaha.

Officials with Allegiant Airlines confirmed that the aircraft involved in today's emergency landing had to make an emergency landing less than two months ago in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In that incident, passengers reported hearing problems with the engine before they landed.