Delta Flight Diverts When ~15 Passengers Got Sick at the Same Time

Did they eat the fish?

A Delta flight just diverted to Tulsa when ~15 passengers--that is, 10% of the flight--suddenly got sick at the same time. The flight took off from Atlanta and was headed to Denver.

A Delta flight just diverted to Tulsa when ~15 passengers–that is, 10% of the flight–suddenly got sick at the same time.

The flight took off from Atlanta and was headed to Denver.

Here’s a play-by-play on the flight by Flight Aware.

There’s no word yet on what caused the sickness.

According to Fox23:

According to Tulsa police dispatch, there are reports that 10-15 passengers got sick on board around the same time.

EMSA has 2 units on scene. They are treating the situation as a medical issue at this time.

According to NewsOn6.com, they don’t know if the passengers originated from the same initial airport.

One passenger was taken to the hospital.

airplane movie delta flight sick diverted

Two years ago, nine flight attendants on a US Airways flight from Italy to the United States got sick at the same time.  No word on whether they had the fish or the steak either.

Update: Other news sources are saying 9 passengers.  I’m not sure which is more accurate.

About Jeanne Marie Hoffman

Former bartender, still a geek. One equal part each cookies, liberty, football, music, travel, libations. Stir vigorously. +Jeanne Marie Hoffman Jeanne on Twitter

Check Also

Bar Blur

Tourist Arrested in Dubai for Touching Man’s Hip in Bar

A British citizen was arrested in Dubai for inadvertently touching another man’s hip in a …

9 comments

  1. Isn’t this how zombie movies start?

  2. Why are you joking about this? Sickness is funny to you?

    • Jeanne Marie Hoffman

      The news reports say nothing turned out to be serious at all. If it did turn out to be serious, I wouldn’t joke about it.

  3. Geez – some people take this WAAAAY too seriously 🙂 Great post

    • +1. When I saw, the headline, the first thing that came to mind is “Don’t eat the fish”. Awesome post.

  4. Definitely not food poisoning as symptoms don’t occur until 8-24 hrs later(not saying that you implied it at all.) had to be something else involved.

  5. LOL Christian..that made me laugh

  6. ” Bet babe, slide a piece a da porter, drink si’ run th’ java.” Lookie here, I can dig grease and butter on some
    draggin’ fruit garden.”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.