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Delta Flight Diverts to Kansas City


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Contact photographer Christopher Schneider

What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Atlanta,GA to Seattle,WA
Where: Kansas City
When: Dec 15th 2011
Who: 163 aboard
Why: The flight was well underway when passengers and crew smelled smoke in the cabin.

Pilots diverted to Kansas City Missouri, where they made a safe landing.

A KING 5 News employee was a passenger aboard the flight and posted on twitter that everyone was ok.

The problem was repaired, and the plane was re-boarded, continuing on to its destination.

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