Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Which is scary from a DH, nonrev, jumpseater, or pax point of view. Imagine riding offline and you know for sure you’re smelling an oil fume. FA blows you off, you politely ask her if you can speak on the inter phone to the pilots. She either says no or she says yes but the pilots blow you off bc they haven’t been educated on it. Now what?

Originally Posted by Sherpa

A United Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N401UA performing flight UA-831 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Cancun (Mexico) with 135 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 110nm northwest of Havana (Cuba) and 130nm westsouthwest of Key West,FL (USA) when passengers reported an unusual smell in the cabin and the crew reported a burning smell in the cockpit. The crew decided to divert to Havana's Jose Marti Airfield for a safe landing about 40 minutes later.

The airline reported the crew diverted to the nearest available airport in abundance of caution. The airline is working to get the passenger to Cancun, a replacement aircraft is being flown in.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...300Z/KIAD/MMUN

A United Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N487UA performing flight UA-243 from Denver,CO to Las Vegas,NV (USA) with 144 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing out of Denver about 60nm into the flight when an unusual odour was observed in the cockpit and cabin of the aircraft. The crew decided to return to Denver for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure.

The crew of a United Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N427UA performing flight UA-195 from Philadelphia,PA to Los Angeles,CA (USA), declared emergency and diverted to Las Vegas,NV after passengers reported to have smelled smoke. The airplane landed safely, no traces of fire or smoke were found.