The Poisoning of Innocent People Continues

Aircraft Cabin Air Quality - The Fume Events

Published 24. March 2024 01.16GMT / Updated 24. March 2024 07.03GMT*

Each year, hundreds of fume events happen, exposing tens of thousands of passengers and aircrew to a mix of toxic substances that can potentially cause brain injury.

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The Los Angeles Times discovered safety reports for 362 aircraft fume incidents during two years, from January 2018 to December 2019, in December 2020:

Approximately 400 crew members, passengers, and pilots required medical assistance. On 73 flights, pilots utilized emergency oxygen. Forty-eight pilots were unable to carry out their tasks.

The complete text of the following article written by Trudie Dadd on the Change.org Petition can be viewed HERE.

Toxic Air on Planes Leads to Aerotoxic Syndrome
by The Schmidt Law Firm, PLLC (USA)

“Have you ever felt sick after a long flight? You probably blamed jet lag for your headache, nausea, coughing, and achy muscles — when you actually had Aerotoxic Syndrome from breathing toxic airplane cabin air. Unknown to most people, the air you breathe on most passenger airplanes comes off the jet engines. This toxic air is called “bleed air,” and it has been a standard design on jet airplanes since the 1960s.”(©sic).
Continue reading the full comprehensive article on their website and call them if you are looking for legal help: Schmidt Law

Schmidt Law firm’s latest update on the subject concerns a lawsuit by an Airbus pilot who claims that toxic cabin air caused his neurological issues.

The JetBlue pilot, filed a complaint in August 2022 alleging that the hazardous fumes from an Airbus A320-232 aircraft's engine were the source of his neurological issues.

According to the lawsuit, a malfunctioning "bleed air system" may cause fume events, in which air in the cockpit is contaminated by poisonous fumes, causing symptoms such as lifelong brain damage. Case number and more at Schmidt Law.

FAA Warning: Fume Event Symptoms May Last for Years

“In 2009, the FAA published a Health Guide to Fume Events, warning that “neurological, psychiatric, respiratory, systemic, and dermal symptoms … may last for years after the exposure.” In 2010, the FAA revoked a pilot’s medical certificate due to “toxic encephalopathy” — brain damage from toxic chemicals.” (©sic Schmidt Law )

Pilots May Be Unable to Fly The Plane … or Land Safely

“In some cases, the seals fail completely and visible fumes or smoke enters the cabin and cockpit. This scenario is extremely dangerous for everyone on the plane — particularly if the pilots pass out, become so incapacitated that they are unable to fly the plane, or can’t safely land.” (©sic Schmidt Law)

Pilots Who Get Sick May Never Fly Again

“Obviously there are immediate risks to everyone on board when a pilot has blurry vision, confusion, or a loss of consciousness mid-flight. But there are also serious long-term risks that can end a pilot’s career, like tremors (shaking hands), memory problems, and brain damage.” (©sic - source Schmidt Law )

Toxic Cabin Air Litigation Continues to Recirculate Through the Courts 2010 - by David J. Harrington and Justin M. Schmidt

April 1, 2010, the ruling in East-West Airlines Ltd. vs Turner by an Australian appeals court drew attention from the aviation legal community and the airline industry since it was the first court globally to sustain a damages award for health issues brought on by inhaling toxic cabin air. Compared to the damages given in previous toxic exposure instances, such as asbestos exposure, the flight attendant in the Turner case received comparatively little money—roughly US$129,000. Read about this case here.

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2011 NBC News Report:

“A former flight attendant is believed to be the first person in the U.S. to settle a lawsuit against the Boeing Co. over what she claims is faulty aircraft design that allowed toxic fumes to reach the cabin, triggering tremors, memory loss and severe headaches.

The amount and other details of the settlement Wednesday between former American Airlines worker Terry Williams, a 42-year-old mother of two, and Boeing were not made public as a condition of the agreement.” (©sic / source NBCnews)

Business Insider 2020

In 2020 a Delta flight attendant fought back against Boeing and a system they claim fed them 'toxic' air. (Source Business Insider)

Politico Article 2020 Bad air: Pilots worldwide complain of unsafe cabin fumes

“In 2014, while flying a plane full of passengers for a subsidiary of United Express, pilot Richard Papp said he became so overwhelmed with nausea and dizziness that he “couldn’t think straight” and could barely fly safely, after inhaling what he said were noxious fumes permeating the cockpit.

At the end of the day, we couldn’t even put a sentence together,” the U.S. pilot said in an interview with POLITICO.” (©sic source Politico)

Boeing Settles 747 Toxic Cabin Air Lawsuit LAW360 - 2023:

“The Boeing Co. and four British Airways passengers and flight attendants told a Washington federal court they have reached an undisclosed settlement in a product liability and personal injury lawsuit”. (©sic source LAW360)

Toxic Cabin air, the cause of neurological problems

by Capt. Amit Singh 2023

(ED FYI: excerpt) : “Long-term–low-level (LTLL) contamination, such as that to which aircrew are exposed, has been shown to be more injurious than short-term acute exposure. Aircrew breathe the low-level toxicity every minute of their working days. When an aircraft lands the passengers disembark, but the crew turn around and do it all over again, time and time again. Perhaps there has too much emphasis on fume events, while the real damage is being done by LTLL.”(©sic)

“Remedial treatment starts with removal from the toxic environment. For aircrew, this involves cessation of employment. The longer this is delayed the more intense the affliction and the more difficult the recovery. In a lot of cases, where brain damage has been allowed to go too far, full recovery is impossible. A striking observation is the connexion between exposure and symptom onset (Winder, C. and Balouet, J.-C. Aerotoxic syndrome). The reverse is also striking, namely that recovery, sometimes only partial, is possible only in the absence of further exposure. This should not have come as a surprise to the industry. The bleed air system for passenger airliners was taken from the military aviation industry.” (©sic source Capt Amit Singh article ).

HEPA filters are inadequate protection

“The recirculated air is often filtered using a high-efficiency particulate air filter (HEPA) which removes microorganisms and other particulate contaminants but does not remove other contaminants such as volatile organic compounds. Apart from noticeable fume events, pilots are chronically exposed to engine vapors that continuously leak through the oil seals in tiny amounts because the use of pressurized air to both seal the jet engine’s bearing chamber and provide ventilation for the cabin guarantees that fugitive low-level oil emissions will enter the breathing air supply during normal engine operations.” (© source Capt Amit Singh article)

Capt. Tom O’Riordan Aer Lingus - March 2024

We were recently made aware of the poisoning of Captain Tom O’Riordan from Aer Lingus (shown in the photo above).

“On June 5th, 2023, I was poisoned by toxic air fumes whilst operating EI-DEN from LHR to DUB following which I was taken by ambulance to hospital and admitted for 5 days. I continue to live with serious symptoms related to this incident.” (©sic) Read the Substack article here)

The same aircraft responsible for the fumes and subsequent injury to Captain O’Riordan (Registration EI-DEN an Airbus A320) had another fume event on 10th March 2024 which led to more crew members being taken to hospital … Read here at AIRLIVE

*Incapacitated Pilots - a “short” most likely not complete list of “incapacitation emergencies” at Aviation Herald

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