747 diverting to Mobile

[Old Boeing Driver]

No other reports, but a 747 is diverting to Mobile, Alabama with passengers with Breathing problems.

MFR: ALERT 2 at airport, 747 in bound | Mobile, Daphne Alabama, Pensacola, Florida Weather & News

[Old Boeing Driver]

Latest Info

Same news channel says plane landed safely, and it is not an airplane problem (how do they know), but a medical problem affecting 10 passengers.

[Old Boeing Driver]

Picture

Picture being published is a 737......how could they get it that wrong?

[Mail-man]

http://radans.net/jens/planestory.html

[DaveReidUK]

it is not an airplane problem (how do they know), but a medical problem affecting 10 passengers

The report mentions "eye irritation and difficulty breathing", which sounds very much like oil or hydraulic mist/fumes.

A/c reportedly operates in a 50-seat configuration for the DoJ/US Marshals Service and was carrying 12 passengers and 5 crew. Hmmm. No mention of whether they included Nicholas Cage or John Malkovich.

[Old Boeing Driver]

Mail-man

Good site....must be what they all use.....

[Chuck Dung]

Must be another airline money making ploy: "If you'd like to breathe uncontiminated, pure air during flight, the flight attendants can hook you up to the passenger oxygen system for a nominal fee - based on how long the flight is".