Flight Attendants Report Illness After Mysterious Odor on Hawaiian Airlines Flight

An investigation is underway after seven Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants reported feeling ill during a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu on September 24. The crew members experienced symptoms including nausea and headaches after an unknown odor was detected inside the cabin of Alaska Airlines Flight 803, which was operated as a Hawaiian Airlines service.

The Airbus A330, carrying 252 passengers and nine crew members, landed without incident at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Upon arrival, medical personnel evaluated the seven affected flight attendants, who were subsequently released. No passengers required medical attention, according to Alaska Airlines.

First responders were on standby at the airport ahead of the flight's landing. Paramedics and EMTs assessed the flight attendants outside Terminal 1, and all seven declined further medical transport. The source of the odor has not yet been publicly identified.

Following the incident, the aircraft was scheduled to undergo inspection before returning to service. This event follows a similar incident on an American Airlines flight from Rome to Philadelphia, where an odor traced to an onboard oven caused the flight to divert to Dublin. Several flight attendants and one passenger on that flight were evaluated and released by paramedics.