Delta A321 near New York on Aug 22nd 2017, fumes in the cabin

Last Update: August 22, 2017 / 20:53:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-981

Aircraft Registration
N323DN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Delta Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N323DN performing flight DL-981 from Boston,MA to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 158 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 130nm westsouthwest of New York's JFK Airport,NY (USA) when the crew reported they had fumes in the back of the airplane and needed to divert to JFK, however, did not declare emergency. The aircraft turned around and was descending through about FL150 when the crew declared emergency. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on JFK's runway 22R, vacated onto runway 31L, advised that no further assistance was needed and taxied to the apron.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-981

Aircraft Registration
N323DN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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