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US Airways Charlotte-Rome Diverts for Fumes


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What: US Airways Airbus A330-300 en route from Charlotte to Rome
Where: Philadelphia
When: July 10, 2012, 10:00 pm
Who: 176 passengers, 12 crew, 5 crew ill
Why: While en route, a number of US Airways flight crew became sick from smelling an odor. The pilot diverted to Philadelphia where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.

The flight crew was hospitalized. The fumes that made them ill have not been identified.

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