Frontier A321 near Raleigh/Durham on Aug 15th 2018, odour in cabin

Last Update: August 16, 2018 / 19:45:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 15, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Frontier Airlines

Flight number
F9-1674

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N715FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N715FR performing flight F9-1674 from Orlando,FL to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 230 passengers and 7 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 70nm southeast of Raleigh/Durham,NC (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Raleigh reporting an unknown odour in the cabin, a number of passengers and crew felt unwell. The aircraft landed safely on Raleigh's runway 23R about 18 minutes later. Emergency services treated 7 passengers and a flight attendant at the airport, two of the affected passengers including an infant and the affected flight attendant were transported to a hospital.

Local emergency services reported a total of 8 people were assessed at the airport, 3 of them taken to a hospital.

The airline confirmed an unknown odour, one flight attendant and two passengers were transported to a hospital as a precaution. Everyone requesting a medical assessment receives one.

A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration N719FR reached Philadelphia with a delay of 8.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 15, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Frontier Airlines

Flight number
F9-1674

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N715FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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