A Frontier Airlines plane was found by hazmat teams testing for possible poisonous gas after crew members reported falling ill from a “strange smell” Thursday — the same day another of its flights received a bomb threat.
Flight 990 was en route to San Antonio from Denver when crew members in the back of the plane noticed a smoke-like odor and alerted the captain, NEWS4 reported.
When the plane landed about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, four flight attendants told San Antonio firefighters they felt nauseous, according to the outlet.
Emergency crews wore hazmat suits and used equipment to test for poisonous gas, My San Antonio reported.
“Originally, we got a call for a strange smell on the plane and people felt bad so we sent a lot of people — hazmat, lifeguards, airport lifeguards, all these things out there — but as soon as the plane landed, we realized there was no smell,” the representative said. firefighter Joe Arrington.
“No passenger felt sick. It was isolated to four crew members who felt ill,” he said.
“As a precaution, we reacted because it came to us as a stench in the plane, thus increasing our response. But once we got everyone off the plane, there were no negative readings on anything on the plane,” Arrington added.
The crew was evaluated by emergency medical personnel as a precaution.
Two Frontier Airlines flights were involved in scares Thursday – one involving a strange odor that sickened flight attendants and the other a bomb threat.AP
No passengers were affected, officials said.
“None of them required further evaluation or treatment. All passengers on the flight were disembarked. Our maintenance team is currently evaluating the aircraft to determine the cause,” a Frontier spokesperson told the outlet.
In the second incident, involving Flight 1571 from Baltimore to Atlanta, a passenger reported receiving an anonymous AirDrop message claiming there were explosive devices on board, an airline representative told 11 Alive.
“In accordance with standard protocol, the flight crew notified the appropriate authorities and landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Emergency personnel are on the scene,” the airline said in a statement.
The Airbus A320 landed safely about 9:30 p.m. in a remote part of the airport, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
An FBI agent boards the plane and informs passengers that an Atlanta police K-9 unit will arrive shortly.
Each passenger was sniffed by the dogs before everyone was bussed to the terminal.
Authorities found no physical evidence of explosives on the plane.
“No known hazards were found on the aircraft or passengers. An investigation to determine the person or group responsible for making the threat is ongoing,” the FBI told Atlanta News First in a statement.
Several passengers expressed their anger at whoever sent the threatening message.
“I’m happy to get off and be safe. I hope they find the person who sent that message, because it was criminally wrong, and you just scared the whole plane and the passengers and their families,” Latoya Lowe told Fox 5.
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