LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- An American Airlines Boeing 757 made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport an hour after taking off because the crew smelled smoke in the cockpit , a fire department official said . Inflatable chutes extend from a jet that made an emergency landing Tuesday in Los Angeles . American Airlines spokesman John Hotard said there was evidence of smoke in the cabin , but he could not say if it was visible or just an odor . Flight 31 was headed from Los Angeles to Honolulu , Hawaii . There were 188 passengers and seven crew members aboard . When it landed , the pilot ordered an emergency evacuation . Passengers evacuated by inflatable slides . Watch passengers slide down chutes » . `` It was split-second , 'Go , go , go . Do n't take any bags with you . Just go , get off , ' `` said passenger Julie Brown . `` And we just walked to the exit door , and there 's that huge slide . '' Five passengers had minor cuts and bruises , Hotard said . Hotard said the flight was the first of the day for the aircraft , and there were no reports of problems with it in the past 30 days . The pilot requested an emergency landing as a precaution , Hotard said . Watch as official tells what happened » . American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said most passengers would take an afternoon flight to Hawaii , although he added that a `` handful '' of passengers were not continuing to Honolulu . He did not specify why . CNN 's Tracy Sabo contributed to this report .
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