Pilot smells smoke, lands plane

Recent times have seen a few strange mid-air mishaps, some with minor consequences, thankfully most without injury. Pilots asleep at the wheel, planes running off tarmacs, and now comes a report from the United States that a Delta Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit.

Smelling smoke in an airplane is certainly cause for worry, and the aircraft’s pilot took immediate action in landing the plane as soon as possible, and touched down in North Carolina without incident or injury to any of the passengers or crew members. The plane landed in Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, and the manager of the facility, Larry Holcombe reports that the plane landed at the airport after the pilot became concerned about the plane’s safety as Delta Airlines flight 1819 was en route to Atlanta, Georgia from Raleigh, North Carolina.

A spokesperson for Delta was quoted as saying the smoke smell was caused by a malfunction in the planes air conditioning system, but that no one was hurt. The plane is currently under inspection.

www.delta.com