By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines flight with more than 200 people aboard made an emergency landing in Atlanta on Saturday after crew reported fumes in the cockpit, a spokesperson for the company said.Â
• There were no immediate reports of injuries.
• Crew members on Florida-bound Flight 2204 declared an emergency shortly after takeoff, and the plane returned to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
• Delta said in a statement that passengers evacuated from the plane by slides and were being transferred to a new flight to Orlando.
• The plane carried six crew members and 199 customers, Delta said.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Sergio Non and Cynthia Osterman)
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