BAD AIR

Delta Flight Forced to Land After Weird Smell Fills Cabin

The flight suddenly veered off course.

A passenger plane bound for Seattle had to make an emergency landing in the Bay Area after a strange smell filled the cabin. Delta flight 1430 was en route to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington, from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, when it was forced to divert on Tuesday. The five-and-a-half-year-old Airbus A220-100 was over Yosemite National Park a little less than an hour into its journey when it veered west and touched down at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, according to FlightAware. In a statement to People, a Delta spokesperson said the flight had diverted “out of an abundance of caution after a reported odor from the flight crew.” In a statement of its own, the Federal Aviation Administration told the magazine, “The aircraft landed safely without incident, and customers deplaned normally,” saying it had done so “because of reported fumes in the cabin.” The Daily Beast has contacted Delta for more information.