American Airlines chaos as flight returns after 'fumes' fill cabin leaving 7 sick

An American Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after seven passengers were left 'feeling sick' from fumes inside the plane.

The plane took off from Los Angeles International Airport just before 5pm local time yesterday evening (1am BST), and was heading to JFK International Airport in New York. Several minutes into the flight, passengers began reporting a 'strong smell of fumes' inside the cabin, with the pilots also telling air control that they could smell and taste something. Seven passengers were evaluated by medical staff upon landing, though no-one was taken to hospital.

Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows the plane doing a loop before it returned to LAX for the emergency landing.

Checks on the aircraft did not detect any dangerous substance, an