Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N379HA performing flight HA-10 from Honolulu,HI to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was climbing out of Honoulu’s runway 08R when the crew donned their oxygen masks and stopped the climb at about 6500 feet advising ATC they needed to return to Honolulu due to bad oily smell, fumes on board, they had donned their oxygen masks, they did not need any further assistance. The aircraft landed safely on Honolulu’s runway 08L about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement A330-200, registration N389HA reached Los Angeles with a delay of 5:45 hours.