'Dirty Socks' Odor Causes Spirit Airlines To Make A Force Landing
  • 6 years ago
Officials are still unsure what caused people to feel sick and why one woman was found unconscious on a Spirit Airlines flight on Thursday.
According to Business Insider, Flight 779 carrying 220 passengers took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport at 8:30pm, heading to Fort Lauderdale.
Pilots had to divert the flight and land in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after complaining of "burning throats and chest pains caused by a strange smell."
They said it smelled like "dirty socks.
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