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Ransman
13th Apr 2010, 14:16
Sky News reporting an American Airlines flight out of Paris is on way to Iceland due to fumes in cabin.

skytrax
13th Apr 2010, 14:17
from cnn.
"American Airlines plane to make emergency landing in Iceland after passengers complain of fumes, airport official says". They said something about chemical fumes.

jfkjohan
13th Apr 2010, 14:22
Another repeat of Air Canada's flight 797?

It was from DFW.

Spooky coincidence?

skytrax
13th Apr 2010, 14:30
Everything is ok according to cnn.
Plane makes emergency landing due to fumes – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/13/plane-to-make-emergency-landing-due-to-fumes/?hpt=T2)

Plane makes emergency landing due to fumes

An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Iceland Tuesday after passengers complained of fumes in the cabin, an airline representative told CNN.

American Airlines Flight 49, a Boeing 767-300, was bound for Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, said Tim Smith, an airlines spokesman in Dallas.

It landed around 1:50 p.m. local time (9:50 a.m. ET) with 133 passengers and 12 crew on board, Smith said.

Fumes of some type were reported on board, he said, adding that it was standard procedure for such aircraft to be looked over. Paramedics were meeting the plane for anyone feeling ill, he said.

stefstef
13th Apr 2010, 15:22
Local media reports passengers are unharmed, but several crew members that complained about dizziness are being checked by doctors.

Unconfirmed reports suggest a faulty motor "in the cargo hold" leaked fuel. Latest news state the fumes were isolated to an area around a galley.

sunny11410
13th Apr 2010, 19:33
Problem fixed, AA49 is scheduled for departure out of KEF in 10 minutes.
Everybody is fine ( checked by Doc's ).