Private jet with rock bands Ratt, Dokken aboard makes emergency landing in Moline

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In this photo provided by Chuck Brennan, Dave Ungar, the tour manager for the rock band Dokken, left, and Craig Bradford, tour manager for Ratt, walk away from a charter jet that had to make an emergency landing, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, in Moline, Ill. The plane, which took off from Moline, returned to the airport early Saturday afternoon after smoke appeared in the cabin at 7,000 feet. No injuries were reported, and the bands took ground transportation to their concert in a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chuck Brennan)

MOLINE, Ill. – A private jet carrying rock bands Ratt and Dokken had to make an emergency landing in Moline after smoke was detected in the cabin.

Chuck Brennan, a friend of the bands who chartered the flight, told The Associated Press that the plane took off from the Moline airport early Saturday afternoon but pilots had to turn it around when smoke appeared at 7,000 feet.

The plane landed safely, and there were no injuries reported by the pilot or the 13 passengers.

Brennan says the bands took ground transportation to Saturday’s concert in the Chicago suburb of Wauconda.

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