Cabin Smoke Incident
Delta Flight From Barcelona Diverts to Portugal Following Cabin Smoke Incidents
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A Delta flight from Barcelona to Boston diverted to Porto after smoke was reported in the cabin, leaving 11 passengers ill; three were taken to hospital and others received treatment at the airport. The aircraft landed safely, and the cause of the smoke was not immediately known. In a separate incident days earlier, a London-bound Delta flight returned safely to Boston after its crew detected an odor; all 280 passengers were assisted with alternate travel arrangements. No cause has been established for either incident.
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Delta said DL251 had experienced a mechanical issue, while Portuguese reporting attributed the diversion to smoke in the cabin; the specific cause had not been established.
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DL251 was carrying 296 people on an Airbus A330; the aircraft had climbed to about 32,000 feet before diverting to Porto roughly two hours into the flight.
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The report on the Porto diversion placed it amid other recent fume incidents, including passengers hospitalized after a Delta flight from Maui to Seattle and flight attendants sickened by an odor on a Hawaiian Airlines flight.
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The same report described U.S. lawsuits alleging that Airbus’s engine-derived “bleed air” system can become contaminated with vaporized engine oil, potentially causing smoke or unusual odors in cabins; these are allegations, not an established explanation for the Porto incident.
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On the London-bound flight, Delta said its pilots followed procedures to return to Boston after detecting an odor, and the aircraft was being inspected after landing.
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