Smell on a Southwest Airlines airplane sends worker to the hospital, makes others feel ill
A worker in the cargo hold of an airplane at Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport began to feel ill due to an odor coming from somewhere on the plane Friday. He was taken to a hospital.
Around 3:15 p.m., Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue responded to the airport. Fire Rescue said that a worker in the cargo hold of the plane reported a chemical odor and was feeling ill. Several other people were feeling the same thing.
The worker was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in a non-life-threatening condition. The others feeling ill did not have to be taken to the hospital.
A hazmat team responded and conducted atmospheric pressure tests. By late Friday afternoon, they had not found anything, fire rescue said.
Authorities say that the worker may have been exposed to the smell of jet fuel or experienced heat exhaustion. An investigation is still being conducted to find the cause.
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is available.
This story was originally published September 27, 2019 at 5:16 PM.
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