Delta A21N at Kahului on Sep 19th 2026, fuel fumes on board

Last Update: September 21, 2026 / 13:26:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 19, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-394

Departure
Kahului, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N530DE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A Delta Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N530DE performing flight DL-394 from Kahului,HI to Seattle,WA (USA), was climbing out of Kahului's runway 02 when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet reporting fuel fumes on board, both flight crew were on oxygen. The aircraft entered a hold, then the crew decided to divert to Honolulu,HI (USA) maintaining 5000 feet. The cabin was depressurized according to the fumes/smoke removal checklist, the smell was still around, they wanted to be checkout by emergency service to ensure nothing was leaking. After landing on Honolulu's runway 08R the crew reported on departure from Kahului the fumes were pretty significant, eyes were burning, but it has dissipated in the meantime though the fumes are still faintly noticable, both engines are still running. It was becoming hot in the cabin though, the engines were shut down and the doors were opened for ventilation, they still wanted to use stairs and not the slides for disembarkation. One flight attendant was taken to the hospital.

The airline reported fumes were observed after departure from Maui.

A replacement A321-200N registration N509DT reached Seattle with a delay of about 11.5 hours.

The occurrence aircrraft is still on the ground in Honolulu about 31 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
A21N
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 19, 2026

Classification
Accident

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-394

Departure
Kahului, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N530DE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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