3 Hospitalized, 11 Injured After Smoke-Filled Delta A330 Makes Emergency Landing In Portugal

A Delta Air Lines flight from Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Boston Logan International Airport(BOS) was forced to turn around mid-flight over the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday and made an emergency landing in Portugal. Delta flight 251 was not far off the northeast coast of Spain when smoke in the cabin prompted the pilots to declare an emergency. The pilots were directed to land the Airbus A330-300 at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) in Porto, Portugal.