Report of odor in cabin diverts London-bound plane to Boston

Report of odor in cabin diverts London-bound plane to Boston
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, comes in for landing at LaGuardia Airport. (File/Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
Updated 29 July 2019
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Report of odor in cabin diverts London-bound plane to Boston

Report of odor in cabin diverts London-bound plane to Boston
  • The Airbus A330-300 with 154 passengers and a crew of 12 landed in Boston just under an hour after taking off from Philadelphia
  • The airline says no passengers had complained of illness

BOSTON: American Airlines say a report of a possible odor in the cabin has diverted a London-bound flight to Boston.
A statement from the airline says the Airbus A330-300 with 154 passengers and a crew of 12 landed in Boston at 11: 48 p.m., just under an hour after taking off from Philadelphia. The plane was bound for London’s Heathrow airport.
The airline says no passengers had complained of illness. A maintenance team was reviewing the issue after the plane arrived at a gate.