4 Alaska Airlines flight attendants taken to hospital after reporting ‘unidentifiable odor’ that led to plane being diverted

• An Alaska Airlines flight was diverted to Honolulu after four flight attendants felt unwell.

• The crew reported an “unidentifiable odor” in the cabin shortly after takeoff from Lihue, Hawaii.

• This is not the first time such an incident has occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight.

An Alaska Airlines flight from Hawaii to Seattle was forced to turn around after four flight attendants felt unwell and reported an “unidentifiable odor” in the cabin.

Flight AS810 took off from Lihue, Kauai, on Thursday evening, but the Boeing 737-890 quickly diverted to Honolulu “out of an abundance of caution” after the crew reported an unfamiliar odor, an Alaska Airlines spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider.

“After the plane landed safely, the four flight attendants were taken to hospital for examination. None of the pilots and passengers on board required medical attention,” they said.

The Honolulu Department of Emergency Services said flight attendants showed symptoms of “nausea and impaired coordination” due to the smell, according to local news outlet KHNL.

The carrier said it had worked to get the 119 passengers on alternate flights to Seattle, adding that the plane had been removed from service and was being “thoroughly inspected” by its maintenance technicians.

This is not the first time such an incident has occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight.

In June, an Alaska flight from Honolulu to Anchorage was canceled after two crew members reported feeling ill during the boarding process, USA Today reported.

The airline said the problem was likely caused by an “unknown odor,” according to the report.

In another incident in March, an Alaska plane traveling from Portland to Phoenix turned around when crew members and passengers noticed fumes in the cabin, according to NBC Los Angeles.

Melanni Rosales, a spokesperson for the Port of Portland, told the outlet that seven people sought medical evaluations, but no one was taken to the hospital.

In 2019, an Alaska flight from Seattle to Orange County, California, also turned back shortly after departure due to a “cabin odor.”

Alaska told BI at the time that the pilots and flight attendants on the flight were medically screened at the airport before being taken to hospital for further testing. It added that no passengers were affected or reported symptoms.

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