Strange smell in cabin forces Virgin flight to return to Perth

A Virgin flight carrying around 100 passengers was forced to turn back to Perth on Sunday afternoon after an odd smell was detected at the back of the cabin.

The jet was almost half way to its destination of Adelaide when the smell took over.

The flight was forced to turn back to Perth. Source: 7 News
The flight was forced to turn back to Perth. Source: 7 News

The captain made the call to turn the airbus around.

Only a third of the passengers were able to get on another flight.

Engineers are still investigating.

Only a third of passengers could get on another flight. Source: 7 News
Only a third of passengers could get on another flight. Source: 7 News