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Delta Air Lines is offering to pay $30,000 each to passengers on Delta Connection Flight 4819 that crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon. The Atlanta-based airline confirmed the amount Wednesday afternoon.

A Delta Air Lines flight to Columbia, South Carolina, was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning after a "haze" was observed inside the plane, according to officials.

A Delta Air Lines flight was forced to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after a “haze” filled the cabin, the airline said.  Read More

A Delta Air Lines flight had to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after the flight crew reported a “haze” in the cabin. The crew on Delta Flight 876 to Columbia, S.C. noticed the haze shortly after takeoff.

A flight to Atlanta had to return to Charlotte after experiencing a mechanical issue just after takeoff Wednesday morning.

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.

The FAA is investigating into the incident, which follows another recent Delta mishap—a crash landing in Toronto last week.

“Following safety procedures, the flight crew of DL3067 returned to Charlotte after reporting a mechanical issue while en route to Atlanta,” a Delta spokesperson said. The airline apologized to customers for the delays to their travel plans. The flight had 71 customers, two pilots and three flight attendants.

Delta Air Lines flight 3067 returned to Charlotte Douglas International Airport within minutes of departing for Atlanta.