Overview
- Delta Flight 337, an Airbus A321 carrying 187 passengers, diverted to Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Thursday after crew members detected smoke or an unusual odour in the cockpit.
- Pilots declared a general emergency using transponder code Squawk 7700 and donned oxygen masks while controllers vectored the plane for an urgent landing.
- Emergency responders inspected the aircraft on the tarmac and cleared it to taxi; no passengers or crew were injured and everyone deplaned normally.
- Delta arranged overnight hotel and meal vouchers for affected passengers and said the flight was expected to continue to Detroit the next day while the aircraft remains grounded for maintenance checks.
- The source of the smell has not been identified, and investigators are examining the plane as this incident follows similar unexplained odour diversions involving Delta in April and last December.