The flight, DL43, which took off shortly after 9:00 p.m., returned to LAX around 30 minutes later, according to data from FlightAware. The Airbus A350-900 aircraft landed safely and the plane proceeded to an arrival gate,

This marks the second smoke-related issue to impact a Delta flight within a week, just two days after an Australia-bound flight returned to Los Angeles due to smoke on the plane.