Hawaiian flight carrying 283 flyers return to Seattle after smoke reported in cockpit
Live MintA Hawaiian airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to the Seattle airport shortly after take-off on Monday. The Hawaiian airlines flight, Airbus A330, took off around 1 pm on Monday from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, news agency Associated Press reported. The plane was carrying 273 passengers and 10 crew members when the crew reported fumes in the flight deck, Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson Marissa Villegas said in an email. A team of US investigators including representatives from Boeing on Tuesday examined the site of a plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea while authorities were conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines.