[Hunton Peck]

Flight from D.C. Unfamiliar odor. Does honesty have a smell?

[Beowulf9]

Reads like they were unaccountably forced to go to Cuba because of its strong smell.

[dfwgator]

“Take this plane to Cuba!”

[clearcarbon]

Perhaps they inadvertently crossed the flight path of Air Farce One.

[Talisker]

"The plane landed routinely and safely in Havana and we are working to re-accommodate our customers."

The plane landed safely.

It did not land "routinely."

Sheesh.

[Allegra]

OK, just because the flight is headed to Mexico doesn't mean they have to serve chili onboard...

[GeronL]

routinely?

I wouldn’t use the word that way. I doubt they make a habit of unschedule stops in totalitarian dictatorships (besides Washington)

[RitchieAprile]

someone burning a Cohiba?

[John S Mosby]

Idiotic writing of this story.

United does not “routinely” land flights in Havana, with or without an odor.

Next thought is “garlic” or “arroz con pollo”, or was that
burning silicon rubber seal from the cabin a/c.

Surprised the cubans let them land, but they probably watched them like a hawk, United being a spy company and all.

[QBFimi]

>> Cuba has a tradition of hospitality...

Yeah, right - especially to its dissidents. They all get free room and board.

[daniel1212]

Not surprisingly for the AP, the article goes out of its way to paint Cuba positively, how it is know for hospitality and offered it airports for flights after 9-11, as if money had nothing to do with it.

[BfloGuy]

The Cubans must have been in a panic. I bet they had to wake Fidel up for permission to let it land. And with a planeload of Americans on the ground, Havana was probably put in full lock-down.