{"id":370622,"date":"2026-08-13T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370622\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:34:10","slug":"delta-flight-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-atlanta-after-smoky-odor-reported-on-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370622\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta flight forced to make emergency landing in Atlanta after &#8216;smoky odor&#8217; reported on plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fort Lauderdale-bound Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Atlanta Thursday morning after reports of a smoky smell inside the plane, airline officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Flight 1334 had just taken off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta at around 7 a.m. when \u201ca smoky odor was reported onboard,\u201d according to Delta.<\/p>\n<p>The captain quickly landed the plane back at the same airport and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.43216783;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40325691\" width=\"845\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/delta-air-lines-flight-bound-137306040.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of the flight path of Delta Air Lines Flight DL1334 returning to Atlanta, displayed on an AirNav radar map.\" class=\"wp-image-40325691\"  \/>A Delta Air Lines Airbus A321-200 was forced to make an emergency return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after departure following a technical malfunction. AirNav Radar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelta flight 1334 safely returned to Atlanta shortly after departure out of an abundance of caution after a smoky odor was reported onboard. The flight crew followed established procedures, and the aircraft landed normally without incident,\u201d the airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is more important than the safety of our customers and crew, and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40325694\" width=\"944\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/delta-airlines-jet-takes-off-137296235.jpg\" alt=\"A Delta Airlines jet takes off at Palm Beach International Airport.\" class=\"wp-image-40325694\"  \/>. The crew of Delta Flight DL1334 halted their ascent at 5,900 feet due to an undisclosed technical issue. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not yet confirmed the cause of the smell, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/smoke-report-forces-delta-flight-back-atlanta-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FOX 5<\/a> reported was wafting from the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if any of the 181 passengers on board needed medical evaluation following the emergency landing.<\/p>\n<p>Flight tracking data shows the delayed flight was expected to depart roughly two hours and 30 minutes late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Lauderdale-bound Delta flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Atlanta Thursday morning after reports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21090,7849,64740,249,251,250,4278],"class_list":["post-370622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-airplanes","tag-atlanta","tag-delta-airlines","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}