Alaska Airlines crew members hospitalized after a suspicious odor forced the plane to turn around

• A strange smell forced an Alaska Airlines flight to divert on Tuesday.
• The flight crew was medically evaluated at the airport and taken to a hospital for further evaluation.
• No passengers reported any symptoms and the airline says the cause of the odor is being investigated.

Alaska Airlines pilots and flight attendants were taken to the hospital Tuesday as a precaution after a suspicious odor forced pilots to turn the plane around.

Alaska Flight 1506 returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport less than an hour after it originally departed for Orange County, California, according to data from FlightAware.

A spokesperson for Alaska Airlines confirmed the incident to Business Insider and provided the following statement:

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