A flight carrying Andrew Garfield and several other familiar faces never made it straight from Los Angeles to New York after an unusual smell in the cockpit forced the plane to change course.

The Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 was traveling from Los Angeles International Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday afternoon when crew members detected what aviation officials described as an “electrical odor.”

Instead of continuing across the country, the pilots diverted the aircraft to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The plane landed safely at Albuquerque International Sunport.

No one was injured.

But what might otherwise have been an ordinary airline disruption quickly attracted attention because of just how many recognizable passengers happened to be aboard.

Andrew Garfield Was Far From the Only Celebrity on the Plane

Garfield, best known for films including The Amazing Spider-Man, was joined on the flight by actors Owen Thiele and Nick Robinson.

Singer Mark Ambor was also aboard, along with Dylan Wrona of Love Island USA.

That unusual passenger list became part of the story almost immediately after the emergency landing.

Thiele, who stars in Adults, documented the unexpected stop on Instagram and revealed that Garfield had been traveling on the same flight.

He also joked about the difference between how a hypothetical disaster would have been reported depending on which passengers received top billing.

In another playful post, Thiele pointed out that Robinson was there too, imagining himself and the other passengers being reduced to the “others” after Garfield’s name in a headline.

Robinson later joined in on the humor.

After the safe landing in Albuquerque, he posted a selfie with Thiele and jokingly referred to the pair as “survivors.”

The jokes came only after the most important part of the incident was clear: everyone had landed safely.

The Problem Was Detected in the Cockpit

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the diversion occurred after crew members noticed an electrical odor coming from the cockpit.

Delta described the issue slightly differently, referring to a “smoky odor.”

Neither description suggested the crew was willing to take chances.

Rather than continue toward New York, the flight was redirected to Albuquerque, giving the aircraft a place to land while the situation could be addressed.

The Boeing 767 touched down safely, ending the airborne portion of an experience that had suddenly become much more dramatic than passengers expected when they left Los Angeles.

No injuries were reported.

Delta apologized to customers for the disruption and said it would work to get passengers to their final destinations as quickly as possible.

For those aboard, that meant an unexpected stop in New Mexico rather than the planned arrival in New York.

An Ordinary Cross-Country Trip Suddenly Changed

The flight had begun as a routine cross-country journey.

Its scheduled path was simple: LAX to JFK.

For passengers, the expectation would have been hours in the air followed by an arrival on the opposite side of the country.

Then the crew detected the odor.

On any commercial flight, an unexplained smell associated with the aircraft’s electrical systems or smoke can immediately change the atmosphere onboard. In this case, the pilots did not continue toward the original destination.

Albuquerque became the new destination instead.

From the passengers’ perspective, the diversion created a strange combination of concern and inconvenience.

Their trip had been interrupted by a problem serious enough to require an unscheduled landing, yet once the plane was safely on the ground, the mood captured publicly by some of the actors became noticeably lighter.

Thiele even used his unexpected time in Albuquerque to ask social media followers for recommendations about what to do there.

It was a humorous response to a travel day that had taken a very unexpected turn.

The Celebrity Passenger List Added an Unusual Twist

Andrew Garfield’s presence gave the incident immediate star power, but the collection of entertainment figures traveling together made the flight particularly unusual.

Garfield and Robinson have both built major film careers, while Thiele has gained attention through television.

Ambor brought another part of the entertainment world onto the passenger list as a singer, while Wrona added a reality television connection through Love Island USA.

There was no indication that the group was traveling together.

Instead, they simply happened to be passengers on the same Delta flight when the crew detected the problem.

That coincidence produced the kind of celebrity lineup rarely associated with an airline diversion.

And Thiele clearly understood the absurdity of it.

His social media posts turned the passenger list itself into part of the joke, imagining how the names might have appeared if the outcome had been far worse.

Fortunately, that remained nothing more than dark humor after a safe landing.

No Injuries Were Reported

For all the attention generated by the celebrities aboard, the most significant fact was that the emergency diversion ended without injury.

The aircraft reached Albuquerque safely.

Passengers were able to get off the plane, and Delta turned its attention toward arranging their onward travel.

The airline apologized and said customers would be accommodated so they could continue toward their final destinations.

The disruption may have added hours and uncertainty to what was supposed to be a straightforward trip, but the alternative could have been far more serious.

Instead, passengers found themselves unexpectedly in New Mexico, with some choosing to document the moment online.

From Emergency Landing to Social Media Humor

Thiele’s posts captured how quickly the tone shifted once everyone was safely on the ground.

First came the announcement that the flight had made an emergency landing.

Then came the realization that Andrew Garfield happened to be aboard.

Then the jokes started.

Robinson’s “survivors” selfie continued that mood, turning a stressful travel interruption into a story the passengers could laugh about afterward.

There was no report of Garfield publicly commenting on the incident.

His presence, however, ensured that what could have remained a relatively obscure airline diversion became a widely noticed celebrity travel story.

Still, the central event had little to do with fame.

A cockpit crew detected an unusual odor.

The pilots diverted.

The plane landed.

Everyone walked away safely.

For Garfield, Robinson, Thiele, Ambor, Wrona and the rest of the passengers, the journey to New York became an unplanned stop in Albuquerque — and a reminder that even a flight filled with celebrities is ultimately subject to the same unexpected moments as anyone else’s.

The trip may have been delayed, but after an electrical or smoky odor prompted an emergency landing hundreds of miles from their intended destination, getting safely back onto solid ground was the only arrival that truly mattered.