'Mystery Smell' Causes Terrifying Emergency Landing for Delta Flight From New York

On Saturday, February 1, flight 2090 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport on time at 11:41 a.m. EST with 158 passengers on board. The aircraft was supposed to touch down in the Sunshine State at approximately 2:30 p.m. EST.
However, midway through the journey, people began to smell a "mysterious odor" throughout the cabin, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Raleigh, N.C.

"Flight 2090 on February 1 from New York – John F. Kennedy (JFK) to Orlando (MCO) diverted to Raleigh (RDU) and landed safely after an odor was detected in the cabin," the company said in a statement. "We apologize to our customers for their delay in travel."
Passengers were placed on a new aircraft later that evening or re-accommodated on earlier flights to reach where they needed to go.

The latest shock landing comes on the heels of the heartbreaking collision between a commercial aircraft and a black hawk helicopter which took the lives of 67 people.
The tragedy took place just outside Reagan National Airport above the Potomac River. "This is a difficult day for all of us at American Airlines and our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of our passengers, crew members, partners, first responders, along with their families and loved ones," CEO Robert Isom shared in a statement.

"We understand and appreciate the people are eager for information, please know that we will continue to share accurate and timely information as soon as we can, but anything we must report, must be accurate," he emphasized.
In another strange occurrence, a United Airlines plane going from Texas to New York was evacuated after the aircraft caught fire as they took off.

"We weren't that high up, I don't think. It sounded like something flew into the engine or something. It scared everyone. That's when we all looked out our window and saw the engine and the wing on fire and we could smell the smoke inside," one person on the plane Ashlyn Sharp told Fox 26.
"I knew we were OK since we were on the ground," she explained. "I definitely was full on anxiety mode when I started seeing people start screaming, rushing, trying to get out, crying. It was just a nightmare, especially with everything going on right now. Not what I had in my cards this morning."