A Delta Air Lines flight bound for New Orleans returned to Boston Logan International Airport on Sunday after a “smoky odor” was detected in the cabin, officials said. Flight DL1398, carrying 87 passengers, three flight attendants, and two pilots, declared an emergency shortly after takeoff to get priority handling from air traffic control.

A Delta Air Lines flight to New Orleans Sunday morning was forced to return to Boston after a “smoky odor” was detected in the aircraft’s cabin, the airline said.

A plane that departed from Boston's Logan Airport on Sunday morning returned to the airport after smoke was detected in the plane's cabin, a Delta Airlines spokesperson confirmed.

An airport was evacuated while emergency services dealt with an incident involving a plane struggling to land. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called just before 12:00 GMT to Exeter International Airport after receiving reports a plane was "having challenges with its landing equipment".

Flames shot from a FedEx cargo plane Saturday morning as it made an emergency landing at Newark Airport. After Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa was found dead with an open bottle of prescription pills near her body,