Is that fish? An American Airlines flight was reportedly delayed because of a fish smell on Monday. It was so bad that several people were sent to the hospital.
The American Airlines flight was heading from Miami to Los Angeles when the incident occurred.
An American Airlines spokesperson says the smell came from a leaking cargo bin filled with fish."It smelled somewhat like rotten fruit juice or like smelly cheese," passenger Judith Chase of Bakersfield told ABC.
The plane was forced to return to the gate at Miami International Airport and passengers had to go back to the terminal instead to taking off. Some were sent to the hospital. Five flight attendants said they were so sick that they had to go to the hospital nearby. All of the patients were treated and released.
According to passengers, the whole incident was frustrating and caused a lot of stress.
"We didn't really know what was going on. We really did not know how long we were going to be there," passenger Claudia Checchini of Italy told ABC.
The crew on the plane was replaced since they felt sick and the cargo area was cleaned. The flight was delayed for a total of five hours. It finally arrived at Los Angeles International Airport just before midnight.
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