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Originally published Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 9:10 AM

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Deicer fumes invade plane at Sea-Tac

Deicer fumes made their way into an Alaska Airlines plane at Sea-Tac Airport and irritated the eyes of passengers and the crew.

SEATAC, Wash. —

Deicer fumes made their way into an Alaska Airlines plane at Sea-Tac Airport and irritated the eyes of passengers and the crew.

An airport spokesman, Perry Cooper, says about 20 people have been treated for eye irritation. He says one crew member and two passengers were taken to a hospital. He says their condition does not appear to be serious.

An Alaska Airlines spokeswoman, Caroline Boren, says it's unknown how the fumes entered the plane.

It happened about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday as Flight 528 was preparing to depart for Burbank, Calif, with 143 passengers and a crew of 5.

Boren says there have been no other deicer problems in a week of snow at the airport.

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