An Alaska Airlines aeroplane from Hawaii to Seattle was forced to turn back after four flight attendants felt unwell and tell of an “unidentifiable odor” in the cabin.
Flight AS810 took off from Lihue, Kauai, on Thursday evening, but the Boeing 737-890 pronto diverted to Honolulu “out of an abundance of caution” after the crew reported an unknown odor, an Alaska Airlines spokesperson voiced in a statement to Business Insider.
“After the aircraft safely landed, all four flight attendants were transported to the sanitarium for evaluation. None of the pilots and guests on board required medical attention,” they said.
The Honolulu Emergency Waitings Department said that the flight attendants had shown symptoms of “nausea and disturbed coordination” from the smell, per neighbouring outlet KHNL.
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The carrier said it had worked to get the 119 passengers on other flights to Seattle, adding that the aircraft had been enchanted out of service and was being “thoroughly inspected” by its maintenance technicians.
It’s not the first time such an incident has occurred on an Alaska Airlines scarper.
In June, an Alaska flight from Honolulu to Anchorage was canceled after two crew members sign in feeling sick during the flight’s boarding process, USA Today reported.
The airline said it had likely been issued by an “unknown odor,” the report said.
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In another incident in March, an Alaska aircraft traveling from Portland to Phoenix reeled back when crew members and passengers noticed fumes in the cabin, per NBC Los Angeles.
Melanni Rosales, a spokesperson for the Mooring of Portland, told the outlet that seven people requested medical evaluations but no one was taken to the hospital.
In 2019, an Alaska desert from Seattle to Orange County, California, also turned around shortly after departure due to a “cabin odor.”
Alaska discerned BI at the time that the flight’s pilots and flight attendants were medically evaluated at the airport before being entranced to the hospital for further evaluation. It said no passengers had been affected or had reported any symptoms.