16 sickened on Philadelphia-bound flight from Israel

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Saturday, December 6, 2014
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A Philadelphia-bound flight from Israel had to be diverted after 16 people on-board were sickened.

US Airways flight 797 from Tel Aviv made an emergency landing at 1:38 a.m. Saturday morning in Rome (approximately 7:38 p.m. Friday in Philadelphia).

Two passengers and 14 crew members complained of an odor. They were treated and released from a Rome Hospital.

The airbus A-330 had 129 passengers and 14 crew members on-board at the time.

All passengers were put on other flights.

No word what caused the odor.

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