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A Delta Air Lines passenger plane made an emergency landing at Porto airport in Portugal on Sunday after smoke was detected in the cabin. Four passengers were given hospital treatment following the incident, the country’s civil protection authority said.
The news was reported by news agency AFP.
According to media reports, the plane was travelling from Barcelona in Spain to Boston in the United States and had 296 passengers on board. After smoke was detected in the cabin midway through the flight, the aircraft was diverted and landed at Porto airport in Portugal.
The country’s civil protection authority said 14 passengers needed assistance after the plane landed safely at the airport in northern Portugal.
Four of them were taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation. However, the authority said their condition is not serious and they were ‘slightly’ affected.
The cause of the incident was not immediately known, the authority said.
