Overview
- An Alaska Airlines flight operating as Hawaiian Airlines reported an unknown odor on Thursday while en route from Los Angeles to Honolulu and returned to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
- The Airbus A330 carried 252 passengers and nine crew members when seven Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants reported nausea and headaches.
- First responders and EMTs met the aircraft at Terminal 1, evaluated the seven crew members outside the terminal, and released them after they declined hospital transport.
- The plane was taken out of service for inspection and an airline-led probe is under way, but the source of the odor has not been publicly identified.
- Similar recent incidents have had varied causes, such as an American Airlines flight that was later linked to an onboard oven, and airlines treat any odor report as a safety issue that triggers immediate checks and medical evaluation.