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The crew of the regional jet reported an electrical smell in the cockpit, leading to the landing.
Emergency vehicles were called to GSP to prepare for the plane's arrival.
The plane landed safely just before 3:30 p.m.
Rosylin Weston, with GSP, said the jet was a Delta flight from Roanoke to Atlanta.
The emergency landing at GSP is categorized as a diversion, since that was not its destination.
"These are always nerve-racking," Weston said. "But the good news is we have a great team of first responders -- policemen, firemen -- who are trained to spring into action and they do. And fortunately today was good practice for them."
Comment: A few days ago a smoke-filled cabin forced an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Spokane to make an emergency landing.
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