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US Airways aircraft on the tarmac at Philadelphia airport. (archive)

A US Airways flight from Tel Avi to Philadelphia was forced to make an emergency stop in Rome on Saturday due to a mysterious odor in the plane.

Two passengers and all 14 crew members – including four pilots — reportedly began vomiting and suffered from red eyes.

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It is not yet clear what caused the crew members and passengers aboard US Airways Flight US 797 to become ill.

Three flight attendants were taken by ambulance to an on-site clinic at Fliumicino Airport, said airline spokesperson Martha Thomas.

Other affected crew and passengers were treated at the clinic for nausea and irritated eyes as well.

fficials said a malfunction in the ventilation system of the Airbus A330 which carried 129 passengers may have been the cause of the problem.

An investigation has been launched, the spokesperson said.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.