A United Boeing 747-400, registration N122UA performing flight UA-858 from Shanghai Pudong (China) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was climbing through FL180 out of Shanghai when the crew stopped the climb reporting an odour in the cabin. The aircraft returned to Shanghai Pudong for a safe landing on runway 35R about 40 minutes after departure.
The flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 17 hours after landig.
Passengers described there was stink on board of the aircraft.
The Aviation Herald
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