A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing this week after crew members reported an ‘unusual odor’ coming from the plane’s cabin.
Since confirmed by the FAA, the interruption saw Southwest 1685 divert from its flight path immediately after take-off Thursday – before landing again at Harry Reid International within barely a half hour.
The Boeing 737 had been headed toward Tulsa in Oklahoma when passengers who had taken off from Vegas moments before reported the strange smell – spurring the emergency maneuver and a still-ongoing investigation.
Multiple fire trucks were filmed responding to the emergency after the plane made its way back to the tarmac – with video showing multiple fire vehicles stationed outside the Vegas terminal with their lights flashing.
At first, officials said the odor may have stemmed from smoke, but officials, after an initial inspection, said they failed to find anything abnormal with the aircraft’s inner-workings, but still replaced it with another that finished the five hour journey.
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing Thursday after crew members reported an ‘unusual odor’ coming from the cabin. The plane had been headed to Oklahoma from Las Vegas, and was replaced despite officials finding no issues with its innerworkings
Southwest Airlines wrote in an email Sunday: ‘We didn’t find anything abnormal after inspection.
‘[The aircraft]’ a spokesperson said ‘was swapped and continued on to its destination.’
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