Pilots don oxygen masks and make emergency landing when durian stinks out plane | The Independent

A aircraft made an emergency touchdown whereas pilots donned oxygen masks when a cargo of durians stank out the plane cabin.

The Air Canada Rouge jet had simply taken off for Vancouver from Montreal when the crew detected a “robust odour” onboard the Boeing 767 plane.

Crew needed to analyze the supply of the stench, which had unfold by means of your entire cabin.

When it couldn’t be detected, the pilots made a request for an emergency touchdown, reported Flight World.

They placed on oxygen masks and returned to Montreal, the place it was found that the scent was coming from a cargo of the smelly fruit within the ahead cargo compartment.

The aircraft landed safely and all 245 passengers and eight crew members had been unhurt.

A durian, “the king of fruits” that hails from Southeast Asia, is understood for its distinctive odour, which some describe variously as smelling of rotten onions, sewage or vomit.

The scent usually lingers, which is why sure resorts and public transport networks throughout Asia have banned them.

Final yr, an Indonesian aircraft was grounded when a cargo of durian made the cabin scent so dangerous that passengers complained.