By: Brooke A. Lewis

A plane was evacuated Friday afternoon at George Bush Intercontinental Airport due to reports of smoke in the cockpit. A pilot reported smoke coming from the cockpit at about 3 p.m., according to the Houston Fire Department. The pilot requested emergency vehicles due to the possibility of hot brakes, Lynn Lunsford, spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration, said in a statement. The plane safely taxied to the gate. There is no further information available at this time. Two weeks ago, there was another scare at IAH. When a United Airlines plane was descending to the airport on Dec. 15, the nose landing wheels did not automatically deploy. The airline crew had to manually prepare the plane for landing. The jet, coming from Bogota, Colombia, landed without incident, Houston airport system spokesman Bill Begley said.