Austrian F100 near Linz on Apr 4th 2014, smelly galley

An Austrian Fokker 100, registration OE-LVI performing flight OS-183 from Vienna (Austria) to Stuttgart (Germany) with 98 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing through FL240 out of Vienna when the crew decided to divert to Linz (Austria) due to an unusual odour in the galley. The aircraft landed safely on Linz' runway 09 about 10 minutes later. The passengers disembarked normally.

The airline reported an unusual smell in the galley prompted the crew to divert to Linz, there was no danger to the occupants of the aircraft. The smell is probably the result of a technical defect.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights or bus services to Stuttgart or are being offered to return to Vienna by air, train or road.