Alaska Airlines flight attendants hospitalized after plane emits strange odor

Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital after reporting feeling ill, causing a flight diversion.

Alaska Airlines Flight 810 was headed from Lihue (Kauai), Hawaii, to Seattle on Thursday night. Instead, it landed in Honolulu about an hour and a half after takeoff, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. 

Crew members reported becoming sick after an unidentifiable odor was detected in the cabin, according to USA Today.

While the airline has not yet responded to a Fox Business inquiry, it told Fox 13 Seattle that 119 guests and six crew members had been on the flight.

None of the pilots or guests on board required medical attention, according to Fox 13.  All guests were provided new accommodations by the airline on other flights to Seattle.

The plane, a Boeing 737-800, according to FlightAware, was flown without passengers back to Seattle for further inspection.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport during dusk, with building lights reflecting on the Potomac River
Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital after reporting feeling ill, causing a flight diversion. NurPhoto via Getty Images

Map showing Alaska Airlines Flight 810 diversion from Lihue to Honolulu due to flight attendants feeling ill
Alaska Airlines Flight 810 was headed from Lihue (Kauai), Hawaii, to Seattle on Thursday night. FlightAware

It is not known what the odor was that was detected, or what the flight attendants’ conditions were after being evaluated at a hospital. 

Alaska Airlines is in the process of trying to merge with Hawaiian Airlines. The company made headlines earlier this year when a Boeing 737-9 MAX door plug blew out during one of its flights in January. 

Earlier this summer, Boeing was rebuked by the National Transportation Safety Board for sharing details about the investigation into the matter during a media briefing by Elizabeth Lund, senior vice president of quality for Boeing commercial airplanes. She is also chair of the Enterprise Quality Operations Council.

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